Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex crawfordii Fernald
1676732 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1676732)
accepted
Species
Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük. · unaccepted
Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald · unaccepted
Carex scoparia var. minor Boott · unaccepted
- Forma Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük. accepted as Carex crawfordii Fernald
- Variety Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald accepted as Carex crawfordii Fernald
terrestrial
Fernald, M. L. (1902). The variation of some boreal Carices. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 37: 495-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4008650
page(s): 469 [details]
page(s): 469 [details]
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 25–60(–85) cm; vegetative culms with few leaves clustered at apex. Leaves: sheaths...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 1902 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469...
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 25–60(–85) cm; vegetative culms with few leaves clustered at apex. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped; distal ligules 1.5–6 mm; blades (2–)3–4(–5) per fertile culm, 7–22 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences erect, usually dense, green, gold, or dark brown, 1.8–3 cm8–14 mm; proximal internode 2–3(–5) mm; 2d internode 1–3 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, shorter than or equaling inflorescences. Spikes 6–14, distant, distinct, ovoid to broadly ovoid, 8–10 × 4.5–6.5 mm, base and apex acute to truncate. Pistillate scales gold to dark brown, with whitish, green, or brown midstripe, lanceolate, 3–3.8 mm, shorter and narrower than perigynia, apex acuminate to short-awned. Perigynia ascending, white to gold or light brown, 0–5-veined abaxially, 0–4-veined adaxially, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, flat except over achene or, occasionally, plano-convex, 3.4–4.1(–4.7) × 0.9–1.3 mm, 0.15–0.35 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide, usually crinkled distally; beak brown or red-brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene (1.8–)2.1–3 mm. Achenes ± elliptic, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, 0.15–0.35 mm thick; style usually persistent, sinuate. 2n = 52, ca. 66, 70. [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 1902 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 1902 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 (1902), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex crawfordii Fernald. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1676732 on 2025-09-12
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Nomenclature
original description
Fernald, M. L. (1902). The variation of some boreal Carices. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 37: 495-514., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4008650
page(s): 469 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 469 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Carex scoparia var. minor Boott) NY 00803807, geounit United States [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Plants densely cespitose. Culms 25–60(–85) cm; vegetative culms with few leaves clustered at apex. Leaves: sheaths adaxially white-hyaline, summits U-shaped; distal ligules 1.5–6 mm; blades (2–)3–4(–5) per fertile culm, 7–22 cm × 2–4 mm. Inflorescences erect, usually dense, green, gold, or dark brown, 1.8–3 cm8–14 mm; proximal internode 2–3(–5) mm; 2d internode 1–3 mm; proximal bracts bristlelike, shorter than or equaling inflorescences. Spikes 6–14, distant, distinct, ovoid to broadly ovoid, 8–10 × 4.5–6.5 mm, base and apex acute to truncate. Pistillate scales gold to dark brown, with whitish, green, or brown midstripe, lanceolate, 3–3.8 mm, shorter and narrower than perigynia, apex acuminate to short-awned. Perigynia ascending, white to gold or light brown, 0–5-veined abaxially, 0–4-veined adaxially, narrowly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, flat except over achene or, occasionally, plano-convex, 3.4–4.1(–4.7) × 0.9–1.3 mm, 0.15–0.35 mm thick, margin flat, including wing 0.1–0.2 mm wide, usually crinkled distally; beak brown or red-brown at tip, flat, ± ciliate-serrulate, abaxial suture inconspicuous, distance from beak tip to achene (1.8–)2.1–3 mm. Achenes ± elliptic, 1.1–1.5 × 0.6–0.8 mm, 0.15–0.35 mm thick; style usually persistent, sinuate. 2n = 52, ca. 66, 70. [details]Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 1902 to Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 37: 469 (1902), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (51 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex crawfordii)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_scoparia_minor_NY803807_type_1) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crawfordii K000907780 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crawfordii K000907783 type 1)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex crawfordii)
To GenBank (20 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük.)
To New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (Carex_scoparia_minor_NY803807_type_1) (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crawfordii f. vigens (Fernald) Kük.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex crawfordii var. vigens Fernald)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex scoparia var. minor Boott)
To Plants of the World Online
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crawfordii K000907780 type 1)
To Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Carex crawfordii K000907783 type 1)
From editor or global species database
