Carex fuliginosa, Schkuhr

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 315

136. C. fuliginosa Schkuhr , Beschr. Abbild. Riedgr. 91 (1801).

Caespitose, without creepingrhizomes. Stems (5-)10-30(-40) cm, erector nodding, slender, obtusely trigonous, smooth or slightly scabrid; basal sheaths pale, often whitish-brown, rigid, with lamina, prominent and erect. Leaves usually not more than half as long as stems, 2-5 mm wide, flat. Spikes (2-)3-4(-5), 10-20(-25) x 6-8 mm, oblong-ellipsoid to davate, dense, the terminal male at base and female above, the remainder female, usually all overlapping and nodding, with peduncles 1-5 cm; lowest bract with a sheath 5-20 mm. Female glumes dark reddish- or blackish-brown, with narrow scarious margin. Utricles 4-5-5 mm, lanceolate, flattened-trigonous, greenishyellow to dark reddish-brown, glabrous, veinless, gradually narrowed into a scabrid, 2-fid beak. Rock-ledges, stream-sides and wet, stony places. Arctic Europe, mountains of Norway, N. & C. Ural; Alps and Carpathians; mountains of S. W. Bulgaria. Au Bu Cz Fe Ga Ge It Ju No Rm Rs (N, W) Sb Su.