[Sedges: The Genus Carex West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Long-stolon Sedge, Long-rhizome Sedge

Carex inops ssp. inops

Synonyms: Carex pensylvanica, Carex pensylvanica var. vespertina, Carex verecunda, Carex vespertina

Perigynia of Long-stolon Sedge, Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops (Synonyms: Carex pensylvanica, Carex pensylvanica var. vespertina, Carex verecunda, Carex vespertina) - Male and female spikes of Long-stolon Sedge, Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops (Synonyms: Carex pensylvanica, Carex pensylvanica var. vespertina, Carex verecunda, Carex vespertina) - Lateral female spike and long bract of Long-stolon Sedge, Long-rhizome Sedge: Carex inops ssp. inops (Synonyms: Carex pensylvanica, Carex pensylvanica var. vespertina, Carex verecunda, Carex vespertina)

Close-ups of the lateral female spikes, termina male spike and stiff subtending bract of long-stolon sedge as seen at Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside in southwestern Oregon............April 29, 2012. Note the ovate shape of the parigynia with the narrow beak, hairy perigynia surface and the 3 stigmas per perigynia.
Paul Slichter