| Carex extensa Gooden., it is a rhizomatous geophyte. The stems 3-75 cm, rigid, smooth; basal sheaths blackish-brown, becoming slightly fibrous. Leaves about as long as stems, 1-3 mm wide, canaliculate or the margins inrolled, glaucous or greyish-green. Male spike 1(-3), 5-25 x 2-3 mm. Female spikes 2-4, 5-15(-20) x 4-6 mm, erect, overlapping or the lowest remote, with peduncles 0.3-1 cm; lowest bract greatly exceeding inflorescence, patent, with a sheath 3-10 mm. Female glumes reddish-brown. Utricles 2.5-4 mm, ascending, greyish- or greenish-brown, often reddish-spotted, not shining, prominently veined, gradually narrowed into a smooth, emarginate beak 0.5-0.75 mm. Life Form: G, Flowering in: Apr-Jul, Vern:————-, Phytochoria: ES+MED, The native range of this species is Macaronesia, Europe, Medit. to N. Iran. Notes: Wild in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299690-1, https://www.ipni.org/n/299690-1, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000346491, https://www.gbif.org/species/2726545, https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156550/carex-extensa-gooden, https://maltawildplants.com/CYPR/Carex_extensa.php, https://botany.cz/cs/carex-extensa/, https://www.florealpes.com/fiche_carexextensa.php, https://www.i-flora.com/en/fact-sheets/search-for-species/art/show/carex-extensa.html, https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1676 |
| Distribution in Libya | |
| Tripolitania 1955 | |
| Al-Jafarah Plain | Al-Jabal Al-Akhder |
| Tajura, Ain Zara 1931 | Wadi Derna by Le Houerou |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
| Jafri, S.M.H. & El-Gadi, A. (1985) Flora of Libya, Cyperaceae Vol. (120) Department of Botany, Al-Faateh Univ., Tripoli, Libya. | |
| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
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