''Carex disperma'' is a species of
sedge
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...
known by the common names softleaf sedge or two-seed sedge.
It is native to much of the northern Northern Hemisphere, from
Alaska
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to
Greenland
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, most of
Canada
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and the contiguous United States, and across Eurasia.
Description
''Carex disperma'' grows in many types of wet habitat, such as
swamps, meadows, and moist forest understory. This sedge produces thin, nodding stems up to 60 centimeters long from a network of branching
rhizomes. The leaves are flat, green, and very narrow, less than 2 millimeters wide. The small open
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed ...
is made up of 2 to 4 small rounded spikes.
References
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Carex disperma''USDA Plants ProfileFlora of North America''Carex disperma'' - Photo gallery
disperma
Flora of Europe
Flora of Korea
Flora of Northern America
Flora of temperate Asia
Plants described in 1820
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