Flora of North America species comparison

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Carex viridula subsp. viridula

Carex viridula var. elatior
Photo is of parent taxon

green sedge, greenish sedge, little green sedge
Photo is of parent taxon

long-stalk yellow sedge
Culms

2–85 cm.
Leaves

of flowering stems much shorter than culms, to 19 cm × 1–5.4 mm;

ligules of distal cauline leaves truncate or rounded.
Inflorescences

peduncles of terminal staminate spikes to 25 mm;

proximal pistillate spikes 1–4, 5.4–11 mm wide;

terminal staminate spikes 5.1–25.3 × 1.3–3.6 mm.
Perigynia

(2.7–)3.2–4.5 × 1–2 mm;

beak forming an angle of (5–)15–40(–58)° with body.
Achenes

1.2–1.8 × 0.9–1.4 mm.

Carex viridula subsp. viridula

Carex viridula var. elatior
Phenology Fruiting Jul–Aug.
Habitat Moist to wet fens and runnels, on lime-rich soils, maritime in North America
Elevation 0–500 m (0–1600 ft)
Distribution
from USDA
North America; Europe; Asia
[BONAP county map]
from FNA
NB; NL; NS; QC; Europe (from Norway and w Russia to France and Greece)
Discussion

Varieties 1 (1 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 23. FNA vol. 23, p. 527.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Ceratocystis > Carex viridula Cyperaceae > Carex > sect. Ceratocystis > Carex viridula
Sibling taxa
C. viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha, C. viridula subsp. oedocarpa, C. viridula var. elatior, C. viridula var. saxilittoralis, C. viridula var. viridula
C. viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha, C. viridula subsp. oedocarpa, C. viridula subsp. viridula, C. viridula var. saxilittoralis, C. viridula var. viridula
Synonyms C. flava var. elatior
Name authority unknown (Schlechtendal) Crins: Canad. J. Bot. 67: 1058. (1989)
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