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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