Carex vestita
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| Velvet sedge | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. vestita |
| Binomial name | |
| Carex vestita | |
Carex vestita, also commonly known as velvet sedge,[1][2] is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern parts of the United States.[3]
The sedge has long creeping rhizomes and forms large colonies. It has lateral culms with a triangular cross-section that have a length of 25 to 90 cm (9.8 to 35.4 in). There are reddish to purple coloured basal sheaths under the leaves. The leaves meet the stem forming a 1.2 to 9 mm (0.047 to 0.354 in) a membranous scale, or ligule, on the inner side of the leaf sheath. The glabrous leaves are green and have an M-shape with a width of 2.2 to 5.5 mm (0.087 to 0.217 in).[4]
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1805 as a part of the work Species Plantarum.[1] It has one synonym; Loxotrema vestita.[1]