Family |
Cyperaceae
Carex pallescens
L.
Carex pallescens L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 1, Pl. LII nº 3; 1966)
Life-form & habit: Tufted perennial with fibrous roots. Stems erect, leafy, 10–60 cm tall.
Leaves: Broad-bladed, pubescent, shorter than the stem.
Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal spike solitary, linear, brown; 2–4 lateral spikelets erect or nodding.
Bracts: Leafy, with the lowest typically exceeding the inflorescence.
Glumes: Linear-lanceolate, brownish with a green keel; others ovate, pale, and acuminate.
Utricles: Green, glabrous, smooth or slightly scabrid at the apex, elliptic-ovate, with obsolete nerves, lacking a beak.
Phenology: Flowers from April to August.
Habitat & elevation: Moist sandstone substrates.
Lebanese distribution: Mm. Mayrouba (Sam), Khan Sannine, and sandstone between Sannine and Kneissé.
Native range: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Connecticut, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Newfoundland, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, NW. Balkan Pen., Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Poland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Vermont, West Siberia, Wisconsin. (KEW)