Carex Varia Muhlenberg, p. 84

135 Carex varia, Muhlenberg

Sterile spike single, sessile; fertile 2 or 3, mostly
distinct, on very short stalks, ovoid, 6 to 10 flowered,
the lowest with a green leaf-like bract; perigynia obovoid
with an abrupt distinctly toothed beak, about the
length of the pointed light brown scale. Culm 6 to 10
inches high; flowers in May. Woods & hill sides.

Plate VIII. A plant of the natural size.
Fig 1. The pistillate scale; 2 perigynium & stigmas;
3 the bract; 4 achenium and pistil; 5 the
staminate flower; 6 a portion of the cuticle of the
leaf very highly magnified, showing the stomata
or breathing pores.

Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan
and about Lake Superior. It has been found
extending from S. Carolina to the arctic regions.