Carex bella is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of the United States and Mexico, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota in the United States, and Nuevo Leon in Mexico.[2] Its common names are the Showy sedge, and the Southwestern Showy sedge.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Carex |
| Species: | C. bella
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Description
editIt is a cespitose plant. The culms are between 25 and 55 centimetres (9.8 and 21.7 in) long and are proximally scabrous. The leaves are between 3 and 6 millimetres (0.12 and 0.24 in) wide. The inflorescences spikes are separate, pendent, and elongated. The 2 to 3 lateral spikes are either gynecandrous or, rarely, pistillate. The pistillate scales are light or dark brown in color. The smooth perigynia is either pale green or pale yellow in color. The achenes can nearly fill the perigynia. The fruiting time is between the months of June to August. 2n = 40.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Carex bella L.H.Bailey". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ a b "SEINet Portal Network - Carex bella". swbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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