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|accepted_name=Carex thurberi
|accepted_authority=Dewey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2(1): 232. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Vesicariae;Carex thurberi
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Vesicariae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex thurberi]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 502, 508
|treatment_page=page 510
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>densely to loosely cespitose;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome height or length or size;rhizome quantity;rhizome some measurement">rhizomes short, no more than 10 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="culm shape;culm some measurement;culm shape"><b>Culms </b>trigonous in cross-section, 40–100 cm, scabrous-angled distally.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="basal sheath coloration"><b>Leaves:</b> basal sheaths reddish purple;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="ligule length or size">ligules longer than wide;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade coloration;blade position;blade coloration;blade shape;blade width;blade pubescence">blades pale to mid green, flat to W-shaped, 3.5–9 mm wide, glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence some measurement"><b>Inflorescences </b>6–25 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="proximal bract some measurement">proximal bract 15–40 cm, exceeding inflorescence;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="proximal bract quantity;spike architecture;spike orientation">proximal 3–4 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal spreading;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="proximal bract orientation;proximal bract position or structure subtype;spike quantity;spike architecture">terminal 1–2 spikes staminate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="scale architecture;scale shape;scale shape;scale atypical length;scale length;scale width;scale height or length or size;margin architecture or relief;apex condition or size;apex architecture or shape;awn height or length or size"><b>Pistillate </b>scales ovate, obtuse to acuminate, 2–4.4 (–5.1) × 0.7–1.3 mm, shorter than perigynia, margins erose, apex contracted, scabrous-awned, awn mostly shorter than body.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="scale architecture;scale architecture or shape;scale architecture"><b>Staminate </b>scales scabrous-awned, sometimes also ciliate-margined.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="perigynium orientation;perigynium architecture;vein width;vein arrangement;vein arrangement or shape;vein length;vein atypical width;vein width;vein growth form or texture;apex shape"><b>Perigynia </b>ascending, ca. 13–25-veined, veins separated by 3+ times their width, confluent at or proximal to mid beak (except for 2 prominent lateral), narrowly elliptic, 3.1–4.8 × 0.9–1.5 (–1.8) mm, herbaceous, apex tapered;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="beak some measurement;beak architecture or pubescence or relief;beak architecture;tooth course;tooth some measurement">beak 0.9–1.8 mm, smooth, bidentulate, teeth straight, 0.4–0.9 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma quantity"><b>Stigmas </b>3.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="achene coloration;achene shape;achene architecture or pubescence or relief"><b>Achenes </b>yellow to pale-brown, trigonous, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Stream banks, springheads, seeps, wet meadows
|elevation=1100–1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico
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name=Carex thurberi
|authority=Dewey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting May–Aug.
|habitat=Stream banks, springheads, seeps, wet meadows
|elevation=1100–1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Vesicariae
|species=Carex thurberi
|achene architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|achene coloration=yellow;pale-brown
|achene shape=trigonous
|apex architecture or shape=scabrous-awned
|apex condition or size=contracted
|apex shape=tapered
|awn height or length or size=mostly shorter
|basal sheath coloration=reddish purple
|beak architecture=bidentulate
|beak architecture or pubescence or relief=smooth
|beak some measurement=0.9mm;1.8mm
|blade coloration=green;pale
|blade position=mid
|blade pubescence=glabrous
|blade shape=flat;w-shaped
|blade width=3.5mm;9mm
|culm shape=scabrous-angled;trigonous
|culm some measurement=40cm;100cm
|inflorescence some measurement=6cm;25cm
|ligule length or size=longer than wide
|margin architecture or relief=erose
|perigynium architecture=13-25-veined
|perigynium orientation=ascending
|proximal bract orientation=spreading
|proximal bract position or structure subtype=terminal
|proximal bract quantity=3;4
|proximal bract some measurement=15cm;40cm
|rhizome height or length or size=short
|rhizome quantity=no
|scale architecture=ciliate-margined;staminate;pistillate
|scale architecture or shape=scabrous-awned
|scale atypical length=4.4mm;5.1mm
|scale height or length or size=shorter
|scale length=2mm;4.4mm
|scale shape=obtuse;acuminate
|scale width=0.7mm;1.3mm
|spike architecture=staminate;pistillate
|spike orientation=erect
|spike quantity=1;2
|stigma quantity=3
|tooth course=straight
|tooth some measurement=0.4mm;0.9mm
|vein arrangement=confluent
|vein arrangement or shape=elliptic
|vein atypical width=1.5mm;1.8mm
|vein growth form or texture=herbaceous
|vein length=3.1mm;4.8mm
|vein width=0.9mm;1.5mm
|whole_organism growth form=plant;cespitose
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