Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Carex pellita Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
(Wooly Sedge)


Family: Cyperaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Carex lanuginosa auct. non Michaux

Carex pellita is a streamside sedge. The staminate spike is held separately above the pistillate spike. The perigynia are conspicuously hairy.



Carex pellita, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008



Carex pellita, pistillate spike, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Danielle Walkup, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008



Carex pellita, closeup pistillate spike, photo Danielle Walkup, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008



Carex pellita, micro of scale and perigynia, photo Danielle Walkup, Bill Norris, Kelly Kindscher & Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Willow Creek, Aug. 2, 2008


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