Carex Granularis Muhlenberg, p. 59
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111 Carex granularis, Muhlenberg.
Sterile spike solitary, sessile; fertile spikes
2 to 4 cylindrical, oblong, dense-flowered, nearly
erect, sometimes with one or more short branches
at the base; perigynia roundish-ovate, nerved, very
short-beaked, and round, [crossed out] longer than
the ovate-acuminate scale; bracts exceeding the
culm. Culm 12 to 18 inches high; flowers
in May. Wet places.--
Plate X fig 3 -- a head of spikes and bracts
one fourth the natural size; b a fertile spike; c
perigynium, stigmas, & scale; d section of the perigynium
e achenium; f section of the achenium; g the staminate
flower; h section of the culm.
Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern Indiana, Ohio,
Michigan, and about Lake Superior
from S. Carolina to the Arctic regions.
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