Carex capitata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Cyperaceae |
Genus: | Carex |
Species: | C. capitata
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Binomial name | |
Carex capitata |
Carex capitata is a species of sedge known by the common name capitate sedge. It has a circumboreal distribution [1] including Norway, Russia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. [2] [3] Growing in wet places in boreal forests and mountain meadows in alpine climates.
This sedge is a loosely or densely clumping plant growing 10 to 35 centimeters tall. The leaves are quill-like, narrow and rolled tightly. The inflorescence is generally not more than a centimeter long and has several male and female flowers. It reproduces by seed and vegetatively by rhizomes.
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