Carex Torta Boot, p. 44
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96 Carex torta, Boot.
Sterile spikes one, or rarely two; fertile 3 or 4, elongate,
narrowly cylindrical or slightly club-shaped, loosely
few-flowered at the base, at first erect, finally
spreading or drooping; bracts with oblong
auricles, very slightly sheathing, the lowest about
the length of the culm; perigynia elliptical,
tapering to a distinct point, nerveless, the tips
spreading or obliquely recurred at maturity, scarcely
exceeding the narrow obtuse scale; achenium broadly
obovate, much shorter than the perigynium; culms
smooth, about two feet high, flowers in
May. Wet meadows
Jefferson County Ohio (Mr Flanner)
Also in N. York & the N. England states.
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