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

Showy Sedge

Carex spectabilis

Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa

Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis (Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa)

A close-up of the inflorescence of showy sedge growing in a moist meadow above Bigelow Lake, Siskiyou National Forest...........July 14, 2012. The perigynia have 3 stigmas.

Male spike of Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis (Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa) - Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis (Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa) - Female spike of Showy Sedge: Carex spectabilis (Synonyms: Carex invisa, Carex nigella, Carex spectabilis var. superba, Carex tolmiei, Carex tolmiei var. invisa)

Additional close-up images of the inflorescence of showy sedge growing in a moist meadow above Bigelow Lake, Siskiyou National Forest...........July 14, 2012. The perigynia have 3 stigmas as seen in the photo at right.
Paul Slichter