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Accession Data:

Carex pendula Huds.

  • Common Name: Hanging Sedge
  • Family: Cyperaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Europe, North Africa, western Asia

  • Description: Stems tufted, from stout rhizomes, 2-5 feet, nodding at the top; lower leaves bladeless, the sheaths brownish-red, upper leaves with blades 3/16 - 3/8" wide, shorter than stems, more or less keeled, yellow-green above, glaucous beneath, lower bracts leaflike, as long as inflorescence, long-sheathing; upper spikes 2 1/2" - 4" long, male, lower spikes 4-5, female, distant, pendulous, 2 3/4" - 6" long. Spring-Summer.
    Damp woods and shady places near water usually on clayey soils.
    British Isles, Europe from Denmark south to North Africa, western Asia. A handsome sedge recognized by its large size, broad leaves, and long drooping spikes.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199500113
  • Source: Bonn BG
  • Accession Date: 03-29-1995
  • Bench: 2104 - MED:Mediterranean D
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-21-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • SubFamily: Cyperoideae
  • Tribe: Cariceae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Wind Pollination (anemophily)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Denmark / Great Britain / Ireland / Austria / Belgium / Czechoslovakia / Germany / Hungary / Netherlands / Poland / Switzerland / Corse / France / Portugal / Sardegna / Spain / Albania / Bulgaria / Greece / Italy / Kriti / Romania / Sicilia / Turkey-in-Europe / Yugoslavia / Krym / Ukraine / Algeria / Morocco / Tunisia / Azores / Madeira / North Caucasus / Transcaucasus / Afghanistan / Cyprus / East Aegean Is. / Iran / Lebanon-Syria / Palestine / Turkey /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 February 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:36:23 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Cyperaceae

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cariceae

  • Carex pendula
  • Carex sylvatica

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Cypereae

  • Cyperus alternifolius
  • Cyperus brevifolia
  • Cyperus diffusus
  • Cyperus papyrus

Subfamily Cyperoideae
Tribe Eleocharideae

  • Eleocharis dulcis
  • Eleocharis sphacelata

Subfamily Mapanioideae
Tribe Hypolytreae

  • Mapania caudata W/C
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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