Carex atrata L.

 
  • Family : CYPERACEAE
    (Sedge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cyperaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Loxanisa atrata (L.) Raf.; Trasus atratus (L.) Gray
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex atrata L.
  • Common name : Black alpine sedge
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine frozen soil, thickets, moist rock ledges
  • Key identification features : Female glumes ovate, apex acute; utricles sessile, apex abruptly contracted into a conic short beak
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Austria, China, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, India, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Norway, Poland, Primory
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Eurasia, Greenlan
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 249
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex atrata. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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