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Carex blepharicarpa Franch.   (redirected from: Carex hirtifructus K?.)
Family: Cyperaceae
[Carex blepharicarpa var. dueensis (Meinsh.) Akiyama, moreCarex blepharicarpa var. hirtifructus (K?.) Ohwi, Carex blepharicarpa var. insularis Nakai, Carex blepharicarpa var. stenocarpa Ohwi, Carex dueensis Meinsh., Carex dueensis var. rostrata Meinsh., Carex hayatae H.L?., Carex hirtifructus K?., Carex sadae H.L?. & Vaniot, Carex yezo-montana Akiyama, Carex yezomontana Akiyama]
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Japan Flora: Rhizomes densely to somewhat loosely tufted, the neck densely covered witli brown fibers; culms 10-50 cm. long, angled, scabrous; leaf-blades rather stiff, 2-4 mm. wide, the basal sheaths castaneous or brown; spikes 2-5, approximate or con­tiguous, the lower ones distant or rarely the lowest radical, the terminal staminate, clavate, 1-3 cm. long, the lateral pistillate, oblong or oblong-cyl in dric, 1-3 cm. long, the bracts short, loosely long-sheathing at base; pistillate scales obovate-elliptic, ferrugineous to castaneous, rounded-truncate and mucronate; perigynia 4-6 mm. long, fusiform, nearly nerve­less, pubescent, the beak very short with a 2-toothed apex; stigmas 3. Common in mountains.

Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu.

f. dueensis (Meinsh.) T. Koyama. A rather dwarf alpine phase, with short-creeping, sparsely branching rhizomes form­ing a loose tuft. Sakhalin, s. Kuriles, Korea (Utsuryoto Isl.).

var. stenocarpa Ohwi. Slender plant; perigynia long and narrow, long-beaked. Usually in shallow soil over rocks; occurs within the area of the typical phase, especially common in the southern part.

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National University and Korea National Arboretum of Korea Forest Service.
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