Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex filifolia var. erostrata
Photo is of parent taxon

sagebrush sedge, thread leaf sedge
Culms

round to round-trigonous, 5–26 cm.
Leaf

blades 6–25 cm, 0.3–0.5 mm wide near base.
Spike

7–20 × 3.5–6 mm, staminate portion 4–12 mm.
Perigynia

obovate or elliptic, (1.9–)2.1–2.6(–3) × 1.3–1.7(–1.9) mm, sometimes ruptured by achene;

beak 0–0.2(–0.3) mm.
Achenes

1.5–2.3 × (1.1–)1.3–1.5 mm.
Longest

pistillate scales 2.2–3.3(–4) × 1.8–2.5(–4) mm, often shorter than perigynia.

Carex filifolia var. erostrata
Phenology Fruiting spring–summer.
Habitat Meadows, treeless stony plains
Elevation 1500–3800 m (4900–12500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 568.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Filifoliae > Carex filifolia
Sibling taxa
C. filifolia var. filifolia
Synonyms C. exserta
Name authority Kükenthal: in H. G. A. Engler, Pflanzenr. 20[IV,38]: 86. (1909)
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