View source for Carex pallescens

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Carex pallescens
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 977. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Carex pâle
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Porocystis;Carex pallescens
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Porocystis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex pallescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 459, 482, 483
|treatment_page=page 485
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>20–80 cm, pilose. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths pilose; ligules longer than wide; blades 2–3 mm wide, pilose abaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b>: lateral spikes approximate or proximal distant, 5–20 × 4.5–7 mm; terminal spike staminate, 5–30 × 1–2.5 mm. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate, 2.2–3.2 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 2 times as long as wide, apex of proximal cuspidate, apex of distal acute or acuminate, as long as perigynia. <b>Staminate</b> scales oblong-obovate, 2.7–4.2 mm, apex acute or mucronate. <b>Anthers</b> 1.4–2.8 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending or somewhat spreading, weakly 14–20-veined, elliptic-oblong, 2.3–3 × 1.1–1.5 mm, glabrous; beak absent. <b>Achenes</b> 1.8–2 × 1–1.2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 70.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Meadows, open slopes
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Eurasia;introduced New Zealand.
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name=Carex pallescens
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer.
|habitat=Meadows, open slopes
|elevation=0–500 m
|distribution=St. Pierre and Miquelon;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr.;N.S.;Ont.;Que.;Conn.;Maine;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Eurasia;introduced New Zealand.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Porocystis
|species=Carex pallescens
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