Northeastern Asian Flora
Log In New Account Sitemap
  • Home
  • Search
    • Search Collections
    • Map Search
  • Images
    • Image Browser
    • Search Images
  • Inventories
  • Interactive Tools
    • Dynamic Checklist
    • Dynamic Key
Carex melanocarpa Cham. ex Trautv.   (redirected from: Carex ericetorum subsp. melanocarpa (Cham. ex Trautv.) Kuk.)
Family: Cyperaceae
[Carex ericetorum subsp. melanocarpa (Cham. ex Trautv.) Kuk., moreCarex inornata Turcz., Carex melanocarpa var. rigidior T.Koyama]
Images
not available
  • Japan Flora
  • Resources
Japan Flora: Rather firm tufted herb; culms 4-15 cm. long, erect, smooth, rigid; leaf-blades stiff, lustrous, spreading, 1.5-2.5 mm. wide, the sheaths partially reddish purple; spikes 2 or 3, approximate, erect, the terminal stami­nate, linear, 7-13 mm. long, the lateral pistillate, narrowly oblong to nearly globose, densely few-flowered, subsessile, 4-8 mm. long, nate, linear, 7-13 mm. long, the lateral pistillate, narrowly oblong to nearly globose, densely few-flowered, subsessile, 4-8 mm. long, the bracts very short, auriculate, not sheathing, sometimes with a setaceous dp; pistillate scales broadly elliptic, very obtuse to nearly rounded, ciliolate, dark reddish brown; perigynia slightly longer than the scales, 2 mm. long, el­lipsoidal, obtusely angled, with 2 costal nerves, sparsely short- setulose mainly on the upper part, abruptly short- beaked, the tip hyaline, emarginate; stigmas 3. July-Aug. Dry alpine slopes.

Hokkaido (Mount Yubaridake); very rare. Sakha­lin, and e. Siberia.

Carex melanocarpa
Open Interactive Map
Click to Display
0 Total Images

Development supported by College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of Seoul
National University and Korea National Arboretum of Korea Forest Service.
Powered by Symbiota.