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Carex Aurea Nutall, p. 55

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Carex Aurea Nutall, p. 55

107 Carex aurea, Nuttall.

Syn. C. pyriformis Schw.

Sterile spike solitary, pedunculate often with a few
fertile flowers at the top; Fertile spikes 3 or 4 oblong
loosely flowered, the lowest often remote; bracts
exceeding the culm; perigynia obovate or
pear-shaped obtuse, smooth, slightly inflated, longer than the ovate acute
scales; stigmas two; achenium lenticular.
Culms 6 to 12 inches high, flowers in
May. Wet springy places.

Along the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin,
where it was first discovered by Mr Nuttall; also
in Michigan, and about Lake Superior.
Extends Eastward to Massachusetts, and
northward to the Arctic regions.

Carex Aurea Nutall, p. 55

107 Carex aurea, Nuttall.

Syn. C. pyriformis Schw.

Sterile spike solitary, pedunculate often with a few
fertile flowers at the top; Fertile spikes 3 or 4 oblong
loosely flowered, the lowest often remote; bracts
exceeding the culm; perigynia obovate or
pear-shaped obtuse, smooth, slightly inflated, longer than the ovate acute
scales; stigmas two; achenium lenticular.
Culms 6 to 12 inches high, flowers in
May. Wet springy places.

Along the shore of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin,
where it was first discovered by Mr Nuttall; also
in Michigan, and about Lake Superior.
Extends Eastward to Massachusetts, and
northward to the Arctic regions.

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