Carex stipata
stalk-grain sedge, owlfruit sedge
Native to Florida
Stalk-grain sedge is
a sedge. Stems are clump-forming, to 3 ft. tall, stout, shorter than leaves;
leaf blades to 3/8 in. wide, strap-like; sheaths loose, papery;
inflorescence an irregularly branched cluster in the shape of a long spike;
obviously toothed "beaks" are extensions of the perigynia;
perigynia are sacs that enclose interior flower parts and fruit nutlet;
nutlet is 2-sided.
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