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Herbarium specimen: Carex rostrata x vesicaria = C. x involuta

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex rostrata x vesicaria = C. x involuta (Bab.) Syme
confirmed by Arthur Oliver Chater 1993

Yes, certainly the hybrid. Note that stomata are dense on lower surface of leaf and in regular rows on upper surface.

Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex rostrata Stokes ("Bottle Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex rostrata Stokes ("Bottle Sedge")
Collected by:B H Thompson
Collection date:5/8/1993
Locality:Great Britain, VC98 Argyllshire, NR816935, NW side of RIVER ADD, ARGYLL. Extensive bed of this sedge with CAREX RIPARIA close-by.
Institution:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Accession number:E00180408
Image:Carex rostrata x vesicaria = C. x involuta herbarium specimen from VC98 Argyllshire in 1993 by B H Thompson.
notes:Leaves rather glaucous. 2 SHEETS. [includes packet]

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Documented by xmhcman on 7th October 2015.

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