''Carex lenticularis'' is a species of

sedge The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' wit ...

known by the common names lakeshore sedge and goosegrass sedge. It is native to much of northern North America, including most all of Canada and the western United States, where it grows in wet habitats.

Description

This sedge, ''Carex lenticularis'', produces clumps of slender, greenish yellow, angled stems. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

bears erect spikes with a long

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

exceeding the length of the spikes. The fruit is covered in a green, sometimes purple-dotted perigynium beneath a brown or black flower scale.

References

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Carex lenticularis''USDA Plants Profile: Carex lenticularis''Carex lenticularis'' - Photo gallery
lenticularis Flora of Western Canada Flora of the Western United States Flora of the West Coast of the United States Flora of California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Flora of the Great Lakes region (North America) Flora of the Northeastern United States Flora of Eastern Canada Plants described in 1803 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Carex-stub