Carex praecox, Schreber

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 : 299

17. C. praecox Schreber , Spicil. FI. Lips. 63 (1771)

(C. schreberi Schrank; inch C. praecox subsp. intermedia (Ćelak.) SchultzeMotel ).

Stems (5-)10-30(-45) cm; basal sheaths pale brown. Leaves 1-2 mm wide, not more than i as long as stems. Spikes 3-7, female above, male at base, oblong, straight or rarely slightly curved, more or less crowded in an oblong-ovoid, lobed inflorescence l-5-2-5(-3) cm. Female glumes reddish-brown. Utricles 2-4 mm, reddish-brown, obscurely veined, with a narrow, scarious, scabrid wing in the upper more or less abruptly contracted into a short beak. 2« = 58. Dry, sandy or grassy places. Most of Europe, except Fennoscandia and the islands, but local in the west. Al Au Be Bu?Co Cz Ga Ge He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E)?Sa?Tu [Fe].