Carex schottii

Dewey

in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound 2(1): 231. 1859.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 391. Mentioned on page 379, 389.

Plants cespitose. Culms acutely angled, 75–150 cm, scabrous. Leaves: basal sheaths red-brown; sheaths of proximal leaves bladeless, scabrous, fronts with brown spots, prominently ladder-fibrillose, apex U-shaped; blades 10–15 mm wide. Proximal bract longer than inflorescence, 10–12 mm wide. Spikes erect; staminate 3–4; pistillate 3–5; the proximal pistillate spike 4–13 cm × 5–7 mm, base attenuate. Pistillate scales red-brown, equaling perigynia, apex acute, awnless. Perigynia ascending, pale brown with red-brown spots throughout, 5–7-veined on each face, somewhat flattened, loosely enclosing achenes, ellipsoid, 3.2–3.5 × 2 mm, dull, apex obtuse or acute, papillose; beak 0.2–0.3 mm. Achenes not constricted, dull.


Phenology: Fruiting Jun.
Habitat: Wet meadows along streams
Elevation: 0–2500 m

Discussion

Carex schottii may be a member of the C. stricta subgroup; it requires additional study. The bladeless, scabrous, ladder-fibrillose sheaths of proximal leaves and the hypostomic leaves indicate a relationship with the group, but the elongate inflorescence bract, 3–4 staminate spikes, and the broad leaves are unique within the group.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Carex schottii"
Lisa A. Standley +, Jacques Cayouette +  and Leo Bruederle +
0–2500 m +
Wet meadows along streams +
Fruiting Jun. +
in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Carex sect. Acutae +, Carex sect. Cryptocarpae +  and Carex sect. Temnemis +
Carex schottii +
Carex sect. Phacocystis +
species +