Carex+tribuloides

Carex Tribuloides Blunt Broom Sedge

Kingdom [|Plantae] –Plants Subkingdom [|Tracheobionta] –Vascular plants Superdivision [|Spermatophyta] –Seed plants Division [|Magnoliophyta] –Flowering plants Class [|Liliopsida] –Monocotyledons Subclass [|Commelinidae] Order [|Cyperales] Family [|Cyperaceae] –Sedge family Genus [|Carex L.] – sedge Species [|Carex tribuloides Wahlenb.] – blunt broom sedge

This native perennial plant is about 1½–3' long with its stems erect or ascending. It often forms loose tufts of culms and leaves; many of these shoots are vegetative and don't produce spikelets of flowers. The culms are light green, hairless, and 3-angled, while the alternate leaves are up to ¼" across and 16" long. About 6-10 leaves are produced per culm; these leaves are evenly spaced along the culm beneath the stalk of the inflorescence, if there is any; for vegetative shoots, these leaves are produced to the apex of the culm. Like the culms, the leaves are light green and hairless; they are also linear in shape and slightly rough along the margins. Bibliography: code 1. Blunt Broom Sedge//. Illinois Wildflowers, n.d. Web. 21 May 2013. <.

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