Carex Sartwelli Dewey, p. 10

62 Carex Sartwellii Dewey

Spikes compound, numerous, ovoid, sessile,
the upper mostly staminate, the lower principally or
entirely fertile; perigynia ovate=lanceolate, concave=
convex, cleft deeper on the outside conspicuously striate; scale ovate,
pointed, about the length of the perigynium.
bract much longer than the lower spike

.Culms 18 inches high

Illinois & Michigan.- Extends
east to Central New York.