Carex umbrosa
{{Short description|Species of plant in the sedge family}}
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| image = Carex umbrosa1.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Carex
| parent = Carex sect. Mitratae
| species = umbrosa
| authority = Host{{cite book|last1=Host|first1=Nicolai Thomae|title=Icones et descriptiones graminum austriacorum|date=1801|volume=1|location=Vindobona |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/282642|at=pp. 52–53; [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/282801 Pl. 69]}}
| synonyms =
- Carex caryophyllea var. umbrosa (Host) Fiori
- Carex praecox var. umbrosa (Host) Wimm. & Grab.
}}
Carex umbrosa (commonly known as shady sedge),{{Cite web |title=Carex umbrosa - Shade sedge - Wild woodland grass. |url=https://www.promessedefleurs.ie/perennials/ornamental-grasses/ornamental-grasses-by-variety/carex/carex-umbrosa.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=www.promessedefleurs.ie}} is a species of sedge native to Europe and Asia as far east as Japan.{{cite book |author=M. Luceño |year=2008 |title=Cyperaceae – Pontederiaceae |editor1=S. Castroviejo |editor2=M. Luceño |editor3=A. Galán |editor4=P. Jiménez Mejías |editor5=F. Cabezas |editor6=L. Medina |chapter=Carex L. |pages=109–250 |series=Flora Iberica: Plantas Vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares |volume=18 |publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |isbn=978-84-00-08624-4 |url=http://www.floraiberica.es/floraiberica/texto/pdfs/18_173_20_Carex.pdf }}
Description
Carex umbrosa is a perennial,{{Cite web |title=Carex umbrosa Host {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302801-1 |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}} tussock-forming, rhizomatous, grass-like plant, reaching about 15 cm in height. Leaves are flat-bladed, green, growing between 15 and 20 cm in height. Inflorescence is a spike, brown in colour, flowering in early summer.{{Cite web |title=Carex umbrosa ‘Feuerbach’ – Esveld Shop |url=https://esveld.shop/a/product/carex-umbrosa-feuerbach/ |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=esveld.shop}}
Taxonomy
The following infraspecifics are accepted:
- Carex umbrosa subsp. huetiana (Boiss.) Soó
- Carex umbrosa subsp. umbrosa
- Carex umbrosa subsp. pseudosabynensis T.V.Egorova.{{Cite web |title=Carex umbrosa Host {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:302801-1#synonyms |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Plants of the World Online |language=en}}
Distribution and habitat
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://us.mirror.gbif.org/species/15426288 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20111004163946/http://us.mirror.gbif.org/species/15426288 |archive-date=2011-10-04 |title=Carex umbrosa Host |publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility }}
- {{Commons category-inline|Carex umbrosa|Carex umbrosa}}
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