Flora of North America species comparison

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Kobresia myosuroides

Bellard's bog sedge, Bellard's kobresia, Bellardi bog sedge, Bellardi kobresia, kobrésie fausse-queue-de-souris, Pacific bog sedge, seep kobresia
Culms

5–20(–35) cm.
Leaves

basal sheaths somewhat glossy, bladeless;

blades filiform, 2–20 cm × 0.2–0.5 mm.
Inflorescences

simple, 10–30 × 2–3 mm;

proximal spikelets 2-flowered and androgynous, rarely 1-flowered and pistillate;

distal spikelets 1-flowered, staminate.
Perigynia

brown, 2–3.5 mm, margins free to base, smooth.
Achenes

2–2.8 mm.
Scales

brown, ovate, 2–3.5 mm, margins hyaline, midvein distinct almost to tip, apex obtuse or cuspidate.
Anthers

1–1.5 mm.
2n

= 52, 56–58.

Kobresia myosuroides
Phenology Fruiting summer.
Habitat Tundra, grassland, heaths, bare rocky, dry to wet ground
Elevation 0–3500 m (0–11500 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; CA; CO; ID; NM; OR; UT; WY; AB; BC; MB; NL; NT; NU; ON; QC; YT; Greenland; Eurasia
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Source FNA vol. 23, p. 253.
Parent taxa Cyperaceae > Kobresia
Sibling taxa
K. sibirica, K. simpliciuscula
Synonyms Carex myosuroides, K. bellardii
Name authority (Villars) Fiori: in A. Fiori et al., Fl. Italia 1: 125. (1896)
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