Carex pyrenaica

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 : 323

177. C. pyrenaica Wahlenb. , Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. nov. ser., 24: 139 (1803).

Densely caespitose. Stems 5-35 cm,

erect, rather stout, sometimes curved, obtusely trigonous, smooth or scabrid at apex; basal sheaths dull brown. Leaves usually shorter than stems, 1-2 mm wide, flat. Spike (5—)10—15(—25) mm, oblong-ovoid, dense, with 10-30 female flowers. Male glumes linear-lanceolate, acute. Female glumes 2-5-3-5 mm, oblongovate, subobtuse, dark reddish-brown, with narrow scarious margin. Utricles 3-4 mm, oblong- to ovoid-ellipsoid, reddishbrown, shining, gradually narrowed into an obscure, smooth beak. Stigmas sometimes 3. Mountain pastures and damp, rocky places. Pyrenees and Cordillera Cantâbrica ; S. Carpathians; S. W. Bulgaria. Bu Ga Hs Rm.