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Herbarium specimen: Carex magellanica

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex magellanica Lam. ("Tall Bog-sedge")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:1947
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Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex magellanica herbarium specimen collected in 1947 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:2055
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Not growing actually in stagnant water as C. limosa usually does. Narrow lanceolate glumes long-stem fruit which is only faintly nerved. Bract exceeding peduncle, leaves asperous at tip & wider than limosa, a taller plant than C. limosa.
Filing note:Carex

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