Family |
Cyperaceae
Carex pachystylis
J.Gay
Carex pachystylis J. Gay
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, p. 174; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Perennial sedge with a creeping rhizome, forming tufts. Sterile and fertile stems 10–30 cm tall, rigid and striate, glabrous.
Leaves: Broader and more commonly flattened than typical C. stenophylla; filiform to more or less flat, with folded margins.
Inflorescence & flowers: Spiciform, composed of 3–6 tightly packed spikelets, each with 3–6 flowers. Bracts at the base of spikelets triangular to oval, obtuse or slightly acute, strongly hyaline-margined.
Glumes: Ovate, obtuse or subacute, distinctly white-margined.
Utricles: Ovoid, plano-convex, 9–11-nerved, tapering to a short, scabrid, retuse beak.
Phenology: Flowers in spring or summer depending on altitude.
Habitat & elevation: High mountains and arid overgrazed regions.
Lebanese distribution: Mm. Barouk; Me. Col des Cèdres, Foum el-Mizhab, Haut Makmel, Qornet es-Saouda; Met. Zahlé, Rayak; St. Qa‘a.
Syrian distribution: Aleppo, Tell Khodor, Karatchok Dagh, south of Sanameine, Tell Chihane, Ouadi el-Qarn, Mount Qasyoun, Tell Bouada, Snou Fadei, Jabal Abiad, Khanasser to ‘Aïn el-Beida, Qaryatein to ‘Aïn el-Ou’al, Abou Dali-‘Afir, Qasr el-Haïr, Palmyra.
Native range: Afghanistan, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Sinai, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Türkey, Uzbekistan. (KEW)