Carex capillacea Boott

 
  • 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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