Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex luzulina var. ablata
Photo is of parent taxon

woodrush sedge
Spikes

lax.
Perigynia

ascending, usually mostly purple at least distally.
Pistillate

scales dark purple with paler midvein usually less than 0.2 mm wide and not extending to tip, apex usually acute.

Carex luzulina var. ablata
Phenology Fruiting summer.
Habitat Wet meadows, bogs
Elevation 1200–2200 m. (3900–7200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
Discussion

The two varieties of Carex luzulina recognized above can usually be distinguished by the key characters; some populations are intermediate.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23, p. 481.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Aulocystis > Carex luzulina
Sibling taxa
C. luzulina var. luzulina
Synonyms C. ablata, C. luzulifolia var. ablata, C. owyheensis
Name authority (L. H. Bailey) F. J. Hermann: Rhodora 70: 420. (1968)
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