Carex californica

Species of plant

Carex californica

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Clade:  | Commelinids
Order:  | Poales
Family:  | Cyperaceae
Genus:  | Carex
Species:  |

C. californica

Binomial name
Carex californica

L.H.Bailey

Carex californica is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to western parts of the United States.[1]

The sedges have long rhizomes and form colonies. The smooth to roughly textured culms are 15 to 60 cm (5.9 to 23.6 in) in length. The bladeless leaves have a purple tinge and have fibrous proximal sheaths with a diameter of 2 to 6 mm (0.079 to 0.236 in) with small projections that are 2 to 6 mm (0.079 to 0.236 in) long and sometimes wider than they are long. The inflorescences are 4 to 15 cm (1.6 to 5.9 in) in length.[2]

The species was first described by the botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1889 as a part of Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club. It has one synonym; Carex polymorpha var. californica as described by Georg Kukenthal.[3]

## See also

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* List of Carex species

## References

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1. ^ "Carex californica L.H.Bailey". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
2. ^ "Carex californica L.H.Bailey". World Flora Online. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
3. ^ "Carex californica L.H.Bailey". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 31 October 2022.

Taxon identifiers

Carex californica|

* Wikidata: Q2938391
* BOLD: 204143
* Calflora: 1526
* CoL: R8H2
* CNPS: 273
* EoL: 1124783
* FNA: 242357100
* GBIF: 2725127
* iNaturalist: 76022
* IPNI: 45913-2
* IRMNG: 10588483
* ITIS: 39538
* NatureServe: 2.131508
* NCBI: 912397
* Open Tree of Life: 3958720
* Plant List: kew-225242
* PLANTS: CACA9
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:45913-2
* Tropicos: 9901517
* WFO: wfo-0000345228

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