Carex Crinita Lamarck, p. 50

102 Carex crinita, Lamarck

Syn. C. paleacea Wahl. C. gynandra Schw.

Sterile spike one, or sometimes two, long, lank,
often with a few fertile flowers; fertile two to five,
cylindrical, pedunculate, nodding, densely flowered;
bracts exceeding the culm without sheaths;
perigynia roundish-obovate, slightly inflated,
obscurely nerved, shorter than the oblong rough-
awned light brown scale; culm tall leafy
at the base, sharply triangular, rough, two
to four feet high; flowers in May.
Wet meadows.

Illinois, Southern Indiana, Ohio, Michigan
and about Lake Superior. Extends from
South Carolina to the Arctic regions.