Carex tribuloides

Wahlenberg

Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 24: 145. 1803.

Common names: Carex tribuloïde
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 363. Mentioned on page 364.

Plants densely cespitose. Culms 50–110 cm; vegetative culms with numerous leaves spaced evenly along distal 1/2. Leaves: sheaths adaxially green-veined nearly to collar, with ± triangular white-hyaline area to 3–8 mm proximal to collar, somewhat loose, expanded near summits, ± wing-angled, adaxially firm, summits U-shaped, somewhat thickened, slightly prolonged beyond collar; distal ligules 4–8 (–12) mm; blades 4–10 per fertile culm, 15–40 cm × (2–) 3–7 mm. Inflorescences erect, dense distally, brown, 2–5 (–8) cm × 10–20 mm; proximal internode 2–20 mm; 2d internode 2–13 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, 1 (–8) cm. Spikes 6–15, overlapping or distinct, ovoid-oblong to globose, 6–12 (–16) × 4–8 mm, base rounded to tapered, apex rounded. Pistillate scales white-hyaline or pale silvery brown with green midstripe, lanceolate, (1.9–) 2.5–3 mm, 1/2 length of and narrower than perigynia, apex acute to acuminate. Perigynia more than (30–) 40 per spike, appressed-ascending to ascending, pale green to pale-brown, 3–6-veined abaxially, conspicuously or, occasionally, faintly, 2–4-veined adaxially, often somewhat asymmetric, ovatelanceolate to ovate-elliptic, planoconvex, 3–5.4 × 1.1–1.7 mm, 0.3–0.5 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.5 mm wide; beak tip flat, ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture with golden to dark-brown hyaline margin, distance from beak tip to achene 1.4–2 mm. Achenes oblongovate, 1–1.8 × 0.6–0.9 mm, 0.3–0.5 mm thick. 2n = 70.

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Ala., Ark., Conn., D.C., Del., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Maine, Mass., Md., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., N.C., N.H., N.J., N.Y., Nebr., Ohio, Okla., Pa., R.I., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va., Vt., W.Va., Wis., Mexico (Veracruz)

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

See note under 146. Carex longii.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Perigynia 3–5 times as long as wide. Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides
1 Perigynia 2.2–2.8(–3) times as long as wide. Carex tribuloides var. sangamonensis

"shortened" is not a number."narrower" is not a number."+timesaslongasinflorescences" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Carex tribuloides"
biconvex +
smaller +
0.3mm +  and 0.5mm +
bidentatate +
papillose +
acute;acuminate +
white-hyaline +
triangular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Joy Mastrogiuseppe +, Paul E. Rothrock +, A. C. Dibble +  and A. A. Reznicek +
Wahlenberg +
persistent +
rounded +  and tapered +
not enlarged +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
4 +  and 10 +
v--shaped +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Carex tribuloïde +
fertile +  and vegetative +
round +  and trigonous +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (110 cm1,100 mm <br />1.1 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, D.C. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Nebr. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Pa. +, R.I. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +, Vt. +, W.Va. +, Wis. +  and Mexico (Veracruz) +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
not prophyllate +, sessile +  and pistillate +
basal +  and cauline +
golden +  and dark-brown hyaline +
0.1mm +  and 0.5mm +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
2-4-veined +  and 3-6-veined +
pale green +  and pale-brown +
appressed-ascending +  and ascending +
0.3mm +  and 0.5mm +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. +
adventitious +
0.19 cm1.9 mm <br />0.0019 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
brown +, pale silvery +  and white-hyaline +
basal +  and proximal +
lanceolate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and membranous +
not differentiated +
wing-angled +
expanded +
Illustrated +
overlapping +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
distinct +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
ovoid-oblong;globose +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
prolonged +
u--shaped +
Carex tribuloides +
Carex sect. Ovales +
species +
plant +  and cespitose +