Carex brunnescens, (Pers.) Poiret

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 : 302

42. C. brunnescens (Pers.) Poiret in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot., Suppl. 3: 286 (1813)

(inch subsp. vitilis (Fries) Kalela , C. vitilis Fries).

Like 40 but stems more slender, with basal sheaths darker brown; leaves 1 -5-2 mm wide, often brighter green; inflorescence l-5-3(-5) cm; spikes 3-5 mm, usually ovoid-globose; female glumes often darker brown; utricles 2-3(-3-5) mm, brown, sometimes veined only below, abruptly contracted into a pro­ minent, concave-sided beak with an asymmetrical slit down the back. 2« = 56. Mainly in damp and shady places. N. & C. Europe, extending to the Maritime Alps and S. C. Russia. Au Cz Fe Ga Ge He Is It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C) Su.