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 06-12-2023
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: commelinids
- Order: Poales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cyperaceae
- SubFamily: Cyperoideae
- Tribe: Cariceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- 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):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 24 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 24 February 2015.
data regenerated on Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:06:31 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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