Carex demissa, Hornem.

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 : 310

101. C. demissa Hornem. , Dansk Oekon. Plantel. ed. 3, 1: 939 (1821)

( C. tumidicarpa N. J. Andersson ).

Stems 5-20(-40) cm, ascending. Leaves at least as long as stems, 2-5 mm wide, green or yellowish-green, flat. Peduncle of male spike 3-25 mm. Female spikes 7-13 x 6-8 mm, the upper usually overlapping, the lowest often very remote; lowest bract usually greatly exceeding inflorescence, erect to deflexed. Utricles (3-)3-5-4mm, broadly ellipsoid, usually green, prominently veined, all patent or ascending, straight, gradually narrowed into a straight beak c. 1 mm usually comprising less than | of the length of the utricle. 2« = 70. Damp places; usually calcifuge. N., W. & C. Europe, southwards to N. W. Portugal and eastwards to S. Finland. Au Az Be Br Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs Is Lu No Po Rs (B) Su. Plants from Açores (and Madeira), described as C. tumidicarpa subsp. cedercreutzii Fagerström , Acta Soc. Fauna FI. Fenn. 79 (3): 3 (1967), differ from 101 chiefly in having narrower leaves l-2(-4) mm wide, usually sessile male spikes, and narrower utricles 3-3-5 mm, more abruptly narrowed intoan often slightly curved beak. Very similar plants occur in Ireland, and the relationship between these plants and 101 and 102 is uncertain.