Carex longebrachiata

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Monocots > Poales > Carex   longebrachiata

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Plant  information

Common name:                Drooping Sedge  

• Also, Australian sedge

Conservation status:  ...

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• It has drooped inflorescence which are 40–90 cm in length and are usually longer than the culm

• The species have 1-8 spikes which are long-pedicellate and droop by maturity

• They are 2.5–5.5 cm long and are distant from each other

• The upper spike is gynaecandrous but under rare circumstances can be androgynaecandrous

• Glumes are yellowish-brown to red-brown are acute, obtuse and mucronate

• Female glumes are 3.5–5.5 mm while narrowly obovoid utricles are 4.5–7 mm long and 1.5–1.8 mm wide

• They are hispid above, pale brown coloured while their beak is 1.5–2.5 mm in length

• Its apex is split with the anthers being circa 3 mm in length (excluding 0.2 mm appendages

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• It is 30–90 cm high with the leaves being strongly keeled, Y-shaped and are 3–5 mm wide

• The species culms are erect, smooth on the bottom and scabrous above

• They are 40–80 cm in length and are circa 1.3 mm in diameter

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

Habitat:   

• A sedge

Distribution:                  

• Native to Australia

Additional notes:     

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex_longebrachiata (2023)