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Carex glareosa subsp. pribylovensis
Photo is of parent taxon

lesser saltmarsh sedge
Culms

erect, slender, 20–40 cm.
Leaves

± pale green usually flat, 1.5–2.5 mm wide.
Inflorescences

13–20 × 8–12 mm.
Perigynia

lightly or obscurely several-veined, 2.5–3.2 × 1.2–1.5 mm.
Pistillate

scales 2.7–3.5 mm, mostly enveloping perigynia.

Carex glareosa subsp. pribylovensis
Phenology Fruiting Jul–Aug.
Habitat Salt marshes, gravelly seashores
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Carex glareosa subsp. pribylovensis is known only from the Pribilof and Aleutian islands.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 315.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Glareosae > Carex glareosa
Sibling taxa
C. glareosa subsp. glareosa
Synonyms C. pribylovensis, C. lagopina var. pribylovensis
Name authority (Macoun) G. Halliday & Chater: Feddes Repert. 80: 100. (1969)
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