Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides
Photo is of parent taxon

blunt broom sedge, tribulation sedge
Leaf

blades 3.2–7 mm wide at widest.
Perigynia

ovate-lanceolate or diamond-shaped, (3.3–)3.6–5.4 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 3–5 times as long as wide, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.3 mm wide.

Carex tribuloides var. tribuloides
Phenology Fruiting early–mid summer.
Habitat Open floodplain forests, moist to wet grasslands, ditches, stream banks, wet thickets
Elevation 20–600 m (100–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; NB; NS; ON; QC
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 23.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Ovales > Carex tribuloides
Sibling taxa
C. tribuloides var. sangamonensis
Name authority unknown
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