Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3314, Carex utriculata.  
 

 

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Photographed 17 December 2024.

Plants of Colorado
Cyperaceae

Carex utriculata Boott.  Beaked Sedge.

Salt Creek, Park County, Colorado. Right bank of Salt Creek, just west of the place it is first crossed by FR 435 “Salt Creek Road,” 3.0 miles generally west of US Highway 285, 111 km. southwest of Golden. 38.95721°N, 106.00805°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 2835 m. Channels in meadow that looks to be a former beaver pond, with Campanula parryi.

Collected by permit: Pike San Isabel National Forest, 2024, issued: Jun 1, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3314. 22-Jul-2024

Coll. No. 3314, 22 July 2024, characters observed: Perennial, sedge, to 60 cm., rhizomatous; Leaves, with cross-walls, not pubescent, sheath, smooth; Inflorescence, 200 mm. × 9 mm. wide, 5-6 spikes; Spikes, differentiated, basal, absent, terminal, staminate, 26 mm. × 2.5 mm. wide, lateral, pistillate, erect, 30 mm. × 8 mm. wide, ±cylindric; Bracts, proximal, 280 mm., >inflorescence; Scales, pistillate, 3-3.5 mm., <perigynia; Perigynia, 3.5 mm., glabrous, yellowish, beak, distinct; Stigma, #3; Anthers, 2.3 mm.

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