Carex norvegica

Retzius

Fl. Scand. Prodr., 179. 1779.

Common names: Carex de Norvège
Illustrated
Synonyms: Carex alpina Liljeblad Carex norvegica subsp. conicorostrata Kalela Carex norvegica subsp. inserrulata Kalela Carex norvegica var. inserrulata (Kalela) Raymond Carex vahlii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Mentioned on page 406.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 5–35 cm, distally scabrous. Leaves 2–3 mm wide. Inflorescences: proximal bracts shorter than or exceeding inflorescences; spikes globose or oblong, 4–10 × 3–6 mm; lateral 1–2 (–3) spikes pistillate, distant, distinct, erect, short-pedunculate; terminal and distal lateral spikes overlapping, sessile, forming dense terminal cluster; terminal spike gynecandrous. Pistillate scales dark-brown or black, margins hyaline, ovate, shorter than or equaling and as broad as perigynia; midvein same color as body, inconspicuous. Perigynia ascending, green becoming dark-brown or purple-black, veinless, elliptic or obovate, 2–2.5 × 1.25–1.5 mm, often serrulate distally, apex abruptly beaked, papillose; beak 0.2–0.3 mm, shallowly bidentate, smooth or serrulate. Achenes nearly filling body of perigynia. 2n = 56.


Phenology: Fruiting Jul–Aug.
Habitat: Mossy heath, tundra
Elevation: 0–1000 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Man., Nfld. and Labr., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Eurasia

Discussion

Carex norvegica is an amphi-Atlantic species. Carex norvegica subsp. inserrulata is synonymous with subsp. norvegica in this treatment; however, as some differences can be seen between subsp. inserrulata in Greenland and subsp. norvegica in northern Europe, further study is warranted.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"shortened" is not a number.

... more about "Carex norvegica"
trigonous +
smaller +
papillose +
rounded;tapering;obtuse;shortly awned +
David F. Murray +
Retzius +
cuneate +  and more or less rounded +
serrulate +  and smooth +
bidentate +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
v--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex de Norvège +
papillose +  and smooth +
red +  and purple +
round +  and trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
Greenland +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +  and Eurasia +
0–1000 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Mossy heath, tundra +
prophyllate +, pedunculate +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
equaling +  and shorter than +
inconspicuous +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
green becoming dark-brown or purple-black +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.125 cm1.25 mm <br />0.00125 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
Fruiting Jul–Aug. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
scale-like;,;thread-like +
ladder-fibrillose +  and veined +
purple +, tinged red +  and dotted +
Fl. Scand. Prodr., +
black without yellowbrown +  and brown +
adventitious +
black +  and dark-brown +
basal +  and proximal +
2-keeled +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
short-pedunculate +  and pistillate +
distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
oblong;globose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
2 +  and 3 +
papillate +
deciduous +
2-3(-4)-fid +
Carex alpina +, Carex norvegica subsp. conicorostrata +, Carex norvegica subsp. inserrulata +, Carex norvegica var. inserrulata +  and Carex vahlii +
Carex norvegica +
Carex sect. Racemosae +
species +
pistillate +  and staminate +
stoloniferous +, rhizomatous +  and long +
plant +  and cespitose +