Species: Carex crawei
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Craw's Sedge is a perennial grass-like plant with a single or several stems, 1-3 dm high, which arise together from creeping rhizomes. The flat leaves, 1-3 mm wide, are mainly clustered near the base of the plant. 15-50 female flowers are clustered in cylindrical spikes, 1-2 cm long, and borne singly on stalks arising from the upper leaves (bracts). Male flowers are clustered together in the uppermost spike. Scales subtending the individual female flowers (perigynia) are shorter and narrower than the perigynia and are brown and membranous with a pale, thickened midvein. Elliptic, glabrous perigynia are pale green to light brown, often with reddish speckles, and 2-4 mm long. There are 3 stigmas, and the seed is triangular in cross-section.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life
Classification
Monocotyledoneae
Cyperales
Cyperaceae
Carex
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Classification
Ecology and Life History
Craw's Sedge is a perennial grass-like plant with a single or several stems, 1-3 dm high, which arise together from creeping rhizomes. The flat leaves, 1-3 mm wide, are mainly clustered near the base of the plant. 15-50 female flowers are clustered in cylindrical spikes, 1-2 cm long, and borne singly on stalks arising from the upper leaves (bracts). Male flowers are clustered together in the uppermost spike. Scales subtending the individual female flowers (perigynia) are shorter and narrower than the perigynia and are brown and membranous with a pale, thickened midvein. Elliptic, glabrous perigynia are pale green to light brown, often with reddish speckles, and 2-4 mm long. There are 3 stigmas, and the seed is triangular in cross-section.
Source: Encyclopedia of Life