Carex spectabilis
{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}
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| image = Carex spectabilis 6241.JPG
| genus = Carex
| species = spectabilis
| authority = Dewey
| synonyms =
- Carex invisa L.H.Bailey
- Carex melastoma Fisch.
- Carex melastoma Fisch. ex Boott
- Carex nigella Boott
- Carex spectabilis f. alpina Holm
- Carex spectabilis f. chrysantha Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. elegantula Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. gelida Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. superba Holm
- Carex tolmiei Boott
- Carex tolmiei var. invisa (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
- Carex tolmiei var. nigella (Boott) Kük.
- Carex tolmiei var. nigella (Boott) L.H.Bailey
| synonyms_ref = {{GBIF |id=2723145 |taxon=Carex spectabilis |accessdate=2 June 2021}}
}}
Carex spectabilis is a species of sedge known by the common name showy sedge.
Description
Carex spectabilis produces clusters of stems 50 to 90 centimeters in maximum height, sometimes from rhizomes. The inflorescence is an erect to heavily nodding cluster of flowers covered in dark purplish scales. The fruit is coated in a perigynium which is pale yellowish to dark purple to black.
Distribution
This sedge is native to northwestern North America from Alaska to the Northwestern United States, and in California and Utah. Carex spectabilis grows in moist mountain habitat in subalpine to alpine climates.
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,7931,8060 Jepson Manual Treatment - Carex spectabilis]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CASP5 USDA Plants Profile: Carex spectabilis]
- [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357546 Flora of North America]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Carex+spectabilis Carex spectabilis - Photo gallery]
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Category:Flora of the Northwestern United States
Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States
Category:Flora of British Columbia
Category:Flora of the Cascade Range
Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Plants described in 1836
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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