Northeastern Asian Flora

Carex lenta D.Don (redirected from: Carex longistolon C.B.Clarke ex Franch.)
Family: Cyperaceae [Carex brunnea var. sendaica (Franch.) K?., more] Images not available	Japan Flora Resources Japan Flora: Rhizomes short, forming a large clump; basal sheaths dark brown, lustrous; leaves very stiff, deep green, conduplicate; spikes numerous, androgynous, oblong-cylindric, 5-20 mm. long, 3.5-4 mm. thick, unbranched or with branching peduncles solitary to binate on each node, the bracts (at least the lower ones) elongate, leaflike, over-topping the inflorescence; perigynia broadly elliptic, prominently nerved. Aug.-Nov. Open woods on hillsides. Honshu (Rikuzen, Etchu, and westxv.), Shikoku, Kyushu; quite common. s. Korea, China, and the Himalayas.
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