Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

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

Carex bolanderi Olney
(Bolander's Sedge)


Family: Cyperaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Carex deweyana Schweinitz var. bolanderi (Olney) W. Boott

Carex bolanderi has slender culms that exceed the leaves. The leaves are flat and the inflorescence is gynecandrous. The scales are brown and the perigynia have beaks half as long as the body. There are two stigmas.



Carex bolanderi, photo Danielle Walkup & Bill Norris, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2008



Carex bolanderi, micro of scale and perigynia, photo Danielle Walkup & Bill Norris, Mogollon Mtns., Bursum Road, Aug. 5, 2008


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