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Herbarium specimen: Carex caryophyllea

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex caryophyllea Latourr. ("Spring-sedge")
named by R M Walls 21/12/2009

This looks more like young C.caryophyllea (tall setem, wide leaves, clavate male spike and many flowered female

Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex humilis Leyss. ("Dwarf Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex humilis Leyss. ("Dwarf Sedge")
Collection date:1849
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Clifton Down, ST57
ex herb:Mantua And Montferrat (Prince Of Mantua And Montserrat)
Institution:Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:30-07-24079
Image:Carex caryophyllea herbarium specimen from Clifton Down, VC6 North Somerset in 1849.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers

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Documented by rmwalls on 21st December 2009.

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