Carex Lanuginosa Michaux, p. 98

149 Carex lanuginosa, Michaux

Syn. C. pellita Muhl.

Sterile spikes 1 to 3, the uppermost stalked;
fertile oblong or cylindrical, erect, remote, sessile;
perigynia ovoid, roughly hairy, nerved, with a
short but distinct beak, 2-toothed; bract leaf-like,
much exceeding the culm, and with the leaves
flat. Culm 2 feet high; flowers in May;
swamps and wet meadows.

Plate X. fig 14 a perigynium; b
the scale; c achenium (young)

Wisconsin, Illinois, Southern Indiana,
Ohio, & Michigan. Eastward to N. England &
north to the Arctic regions, and south to the
southern states