''Carex pellita'' 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 name woolly sedge.

Distribution

This sedge is native to much of North America, including southern Canada, the United States, and northeastern Mexico.

Description

''Carex pellita'' grows in wet and dry areas in a number of habitat types, including disturbed areas such as ditches and roadsides. This sedge grows in colonies of individuals made up of clumps of stems 30 centimeters to one meter-3 feet tall from a network of spreading

rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

s. 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 ...

is up to 30 centimeters long, a cylindrical body of overlapping flowers. Female flowers have dark brown or purplish, hairy scales with long tips. The fruit is coated in a fuzzy to woolly perigynium.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - ''Carex pellita''USDA Plants Profile: Carex pellitaFlora of North America''Carex pellita'' - Photo galleryProfile: Woolly Sedge (''Carex pellita'')
Photos, Drawings, Text. (''Wild Plants of Winnipeg'' from Nature Manitoba) pellita Flora of Northern America Plants described in 1805 Taxa named by Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg {{Carex-stub