Carex argyrantha

Tuckerman ex Dewey

Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 29: 346. 1860.

Common names: Silvery-flowered sedge carex argenté
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 358. Mentioned on page 334, 357.

Plants loosely cespitose. Culms 30–100 cm. Leaves: sheaths papillose, summits U-shaped; distal ligules 3.5–5 mm; blades 4–5 per fertile culm, green, without auricles, 17–37 cm × 2–5 mm, pliable. Inflorescences arching or nodding from proximal spike, open at least proximally, silvery greenish yellow, 2.5–6.5 cm × 7–17 mm; proximal internode 7–18 mm; 2d internode 3–10 mm; often aristate or long-aristate; proximal bracts scalelike. Spikes (3–) 7–15, widely spaced except the distal densely aggregated, proximal 1 often stalked, nearly globose or ovoid, 6–17 × 4.5–7 mm, base clavate or attenuate, apex rounded. Pistillate scales silvery pale green with pale or green midstripe, lance-subulate, (3.2–) 3.5–4.1 (–4.6) mm, shorter and narrower than or equaling perigynia, margin white-hyaline, to 0.6 mm wide, apex acute. Perigynia ascending to spreading, uniformly pale green to straw colored, conspicuously, evenly (4–) 5–8 (–10) -veined on each face, ovate to obovate, planoconvex, 3–4.5 × 1.9–2.3 mm, 0.6 mm thick, usually widest at 2/5–1/2 total length, margin flat, including wing 0.2–0.6 mm wide, finely granular-papillose; beak whitish at tip, flat, ciliate-serrulate to within 0.3 mm of tip, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene 1.2–2 mm. Achenes oblongovate, 1.5–1.75 × 1–1.2 mm, 1.4–1.6 times as long as wide, 0.5 mm thick. 2n = 80.


Phenology: Fruiting mid summer.
Habitat: Dry clearings, open woods, on acidic, rocky, or sandy substrates, rock outcrops
Elevation: 0–700+ m

Distribution

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N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Carex argyrantha"
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.175 cm1.75 mm <br />0.00175 m <br />) +
biconvex +
smaller +
1mm;1.2mm +
bidentatate +
papillose +
acute;rounded +
Joy Mastrogiuseppe +, Paul E. Rothrock +, A. C. Dibble +  and A. A. Reznicek +
Tuckerman ex Dewey +
persistent +
attenuate +  and clavate +
not enlarged +
ciliate-serrulate +
17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br /> (37 cm370 mm <br />0.37 m <br />) +
4 +  and 5 +
v--shaped +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
scale-like +  and leaflike +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Silvery-flowered sedge +  and carex argenté +
round +  and trigonous +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
N.B. +, N.S. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Conn. +, Maine +, Md. +, Mass. +, Mich. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, R.I. +, Tenn. +, Vt. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
0–700+ m +
open +, pistillate +  and staminate +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Dry clearings, open woods, on acidic, rocky, or sandy substrates, rock outcrops +
yellow +  and silvery greenish +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
nodding +  and arching +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
long-aristate +  and aristate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
not prophyllate +, sessile +  and pistillate +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
basal +  and cauline +
white-hyaline +
granular-papillose +
0.2mm +  and 0.6mm +
green +  and pale +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
(4-)5-8(-10)-veined +
uniformly pale green +  and straw colored +
ascending +  and spreading +
0.6 +  and 3-4.5×1.9-2.3 +
Fruiting mid summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
sheathless +  and bristlelike +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. +
adventitious +
0.41 cm4.1 mm <br />0.0041 m <br /> (0.46 cm4.6 mm <br />0.0046 m <br />) +
green +  and silvery pale +
basal +  and proximal +
lance-subulate +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.41 cm4.1 mm <br />0.0041 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and membranous +
not differentiated +
papillose +
cylindric +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +  and persistent +
2-3(-4)-fid +
u--shaped +
Carex argyrantha +
Carex sect. Ovales +
species +
plant +  and cespitose +