- 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) : Carex rara subsp. capillacea (Boott) Kük. ex Matsum.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carex capillacea Boott
- Common name : Yellowleaf sedge
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Wet grasslands on mountain slopes
- Comments / notes : Common in marsh, rocky places above 2200 m. altitude in Himalayas
- Key identification features : Rhizomes short, slender; Leaves clustered at base; sheaths reddish; Spikelets solitary, terminal; glumes rufous; Utricles divericate, green with red dots; Nuts ellipsoid, brownish.
- Flower, Fruit : March-September
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Siang
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Borneo, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Borneo, China, India, Japan, Jawa, Korea, Kuril Islands, New Guinea, New Zealand, Philippines, Primorye, Sakhalin, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tibet, Vietnam
- 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
- H J, Chowdhery, et al. Materials for Flora of Arunachal Pradesh. Volume 3, Botanical Survey of India, 2009. Pg.: 246
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carex capillacea. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.
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