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Carex atrata L.   (redirected from: Carex tauricola Boiss.)
Family: Cyperaceae
[Carex aethostachya Schkuhr, moreCarex apodostachya Ohwi, Carex atrata f. castanea (Nyman) K.Richt., Carex atrata f. decolorans Neuman, Carex atrata f. gelida Schur, Carex atrata subsp. apodostachya (Ohwi) T.Koyama, Carex atrata subsp. castanea (Nyman) K.Richt., Carex atrata var. aristata Podp., Carex atrata var. bicolor Celak., Carex atrata var. brunnescens Andersson, Carex atrata var. castanea Nyman, Carex atrata var. dubia Gaudin, Carex atrata var. heterostachya Almq., Carex atrata var. japonalpina T.Koyama, Carex atrata var. japonoalpina T.Koyama, Carex atrata var. laxa Neilr., Carex atrata var. ovata Boott, Carex atrata var. pseudocilicica K?., Carex atrata var. rectiuscula Hartm., Carex atrata var. spadicea Beurl., Carex atrata var. spiculosior Norman, Carex atropurpurea Fisch. ex Trevir., Carex bigelowii subsp. paishanensis (Nakai) Vorosch., Carex cylindrica Miel. ex Kunth, Carex japonalpina (T.Koyama) T.Koyama, Carex japonoalpina (T.Koyama) T.Koyama, Carex nigra subsp. distachya (Nyman) K.Richt., Carex nigra var. distachya Nyman, Carex paishanensis Nakai, Carex perfusca var. japonoalpina (T.Koyama) Kitag., Carex tauricola Boiss., Loxanisa atrata (L.) Raf., Trasus atratus (L.) Gray]
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Japan Flora: Culms 20-50 cm. long, in small loose tufts, slightly nodding above; leaf-blades 3-5 mm. wide, the basal sheaths dark purplish red; spikes 3 to 5, contiguous, the terminal gynecan- drous, the others pistillate, approximate, oblong to narrowly so, 10-25 mm. long, nodding, peduncled, the lowest bract Iong- bristleform, as long as the inflorescence; pistillate scales ovate, dark brown, acute; perigynia nearly as long as and slightly broader than the scales, elliptic, 3-3.5 mm. long, membranous, tawny-flecked, nerveless, abruptly short-beaked, slightly emar­ginate; achenes loosely inclosed, small; stigmas 3, short. July-Aug. Alpine slopes.

Honshu (centr. mountains); very rare. n. Korea. A variable widespread species, Siberia to Europe and N. America.

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National University and Korea National Arboretum of Korea Forest Service.
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