Carex humilis, Leysser

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 : 311

109. C. humilis Leysser , Fl. Halens. 175 (1761).

Caespitose, forming tussocks. Stems 2-10(-15) cm, ascending or erect, smooth; basal sheaths reddish- or purplish-brown, fibrous, persistent. Leaves greatly exceeding stems, l-l-5(-2)mm wide, flat or canaliculate, greyish-green. Male spike 10-15(-20) x 2-4 mm, long-pedunculate. Female spikes 2-4, 5-10 x 1-2 mm, fusiform, with 2-4 flowers, distant and not overlapping, with peduncles 2-8 mm; lowest bract glumaceous, with a sheath 3-8 mm. Female glumes about equalling utricles, obovate, obtuse or mucronate, reddish-brown. Utricles 2-5-3 mm, greenish- or yellowish-brown, often reddish at apex, puberulent, obscurely veined, abruptly contracted into a minute, entire beak. 2/z = 36, 38. Dry places. Europe, from S. England, N. Poland and C. Russia southwards, but rare in the Mediterranean region. Al Au Be Br Bu Co Cz Ga Ge Gr He Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E).