View source for Carex spectabilis

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|accepted_name=Carex spectabilis
|accepted_authority=Dewey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|place=29: 248, plate X, fig. 76. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex invisa
|authority=L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex nigella
|authority=Boott
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex spectabilis var. superba
|authority=T. Holm
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex tolmiei
|authority=
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex tolmiei var. invisa
|authority=(L. H. Bailey) Kükenthal
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Scitae;Carex spectabilis
|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. Scitae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex spectabilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 399, 413, 414, 415
|treatment_page=page 416
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>25–50 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; proximal leaves reduced to sheaths; distal leaves with blades 2–5 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b>: spikes separate, oblong or elongate, 8–20 × 3.5–5 mm; lateral spikes 2–4(–9); proximal spikes spreading or pendent, long-pedunculate; distal spikes approximate, erect or spreading, short-pedunculate. <b>Pistillate</b> scales brown or black, midvein prominent, lighter colored than body, conspicuous, lanceolate, shorter or longer than and as broad as perigynia, apex acute or mucronate. <b>Perigynia</b> yellow-green, green, or purple-black, veined or veinless, ovate, 3.5–5 × 1.75–2 mm, smooth; beak 0.4–0.5 mm, entire or deeply bidentate, smooth.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Moist subalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=300–3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Some specimens of <i>Carex spectabilis</i> in Glacier County, Montana, show transitions to <i>C. paysonis</i>.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Carex spectabilis
|authority=Dewey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex invisa;Carex nigella;Carex spectabilis var. superba;Carex tolmiei;Carex tolmiei var. invisa
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jul–Sep.
|habitat=Moist subalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=300–3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Yukon;Alaska;Calif.;Idaho;Mont.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci. Arts
|publication year=1836
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_757.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Scitae
|species=Carex spectabilis
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