View source for Carex leavenworthii

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|accepted_name=Carex leavenworthii
|accepted_authority=Dewey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|place=2, 2: 246. 1846
|year=1846
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Phaestoglochin;Carex leavenworthii
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Phaestoglochin]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex leavenworthii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 286, 287, 293, 296
|treatment_page=page 295
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>without conspicuous rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 10–80 cm, 1–2.4 mm wide basally, 0.5–1 mm wide distally. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths tight, green or, sometimes, green-and-white-mottled, fronts hyaline; ligules to 2 mm, usually longer than wide; widest leaf blades 1.1–3(–4) mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> forming dense heads, with 3–8 spikes, 0.7–2 cm × 4.5–9 mm; proximal bracts to 2 cm; spikes with 6–10 ascending or spreading perigynia. <b>Pistillate</b> scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 1.5–2.5 × 0.9–1.2 mm, not more than 1/2 length of perigynia, apex acute to cuspidate. <b>Anthers</b> 0.6–1.7 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> pale green, veinless or weakly veined abaxially, 2.5–3.5 × 1.5–2.1 mm, body ovate, widest at 0.25–0.4 length of body, margins smooth or serrulate distally; beak 0.3–0.8 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> circular, 1–1.5 × 1–1.5 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting late spring.
|habitat=Dry grasslands, roadsides, open forests, forest edges, lawns
|elevation=100–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex leavenworthii</i> is introduced in California and Wisconsin. <i>Carex leavenworthii</i> is easily confused with <i>C. cephalophora</i> and consequently may be overlooked.</p>
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name=Carex leavenworthii
|authority=Dewey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting late spring.
|habitat=Dry grasslands, roadsides, open forests, forest edges, lawns
|elevation=100–300 m.
|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser.
|publication year=1846
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_511.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
|species=Carex leavenworthii
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