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Cyperaceae

Carex flacca

Schreb.

Carex flacca Schreb.

(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. LI nº 4; 1966)


  • Life-form & habit: Perennial with long-creeping rhizomes. Stems 10–90 cm tall, erect, rigid, glabrous.

  • Leaves: Shorter than stems, flat, distinctly keeled; margins and keel scabrous. Ligule oval, rounded; basal sheaths reddish-brown.

  • Inflorescence & flowers: 4–6 spikelets, often subcylindrical, dense-flowered, 2–3 cm long, spaced along the axis, pedunculate, erect or pendent.

  • Bracts: Leafy, erect; the lowest often exceeding the inflorescence.

  • Glumes: Reddish, with narrowly hyaline margins, single-nerved, greenish-yellow midvein, obtuse or slightly acute to acuminate.

  • Utricles: Greenish with reddish-brown spots, becoming tawny or reddish-brown at maturity; ellipsoid to subovoid, with faint nerves and a very short beak.

  • Phenology: Flowers from March to June.

  • Habitat & elevation: Wooded or spring-moist habitats.

  • Lebanese distribution: Ct. above Saïda, Baramiyé, Beirut, Nahr Beyrouth, Nahr el-Kelb, Ras Chekka, Tripoli; Mi. ‘Abey, ‘Araya, Qrayé, Bhamdoun, ‘Aley, Bikfaya, ‘Aïn Zehalta, above Maasser ech-Chouf, above Jbail, Jab. Terbol; Mm. Beskinta, Ehden; Met. Chtaura.

  • Syrian distribution: S. Mi. Safita-Tartous, Banias-Qadmous; Mm. Slenfé; NLatt. ‘Aïn Haramiyé, Nahr el-Kebir, Froulok, Bassit, Kessab; A.L. Ouadi Barada.

  • Native range: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine. (KEW) 

  • Introduced into: Falkland Is., Michigan, New York, New Zealand North, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Tasmania, Vermont. (KEW)

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