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Specimen
Scientific Name
Carex laticeps C. B.Clarke ex Franch. 갯보리사초
Subgenus classification
: Carex.
Habitats
Occurs in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Chungnam, Jeonnam or Jeju, and it lives in coastline.
Stem
Scattered growth, with basal sheath color light brown, and length about 30-40 cm.
Leaves
Leaves shorter than the stem, have hairy or pubescent surfaces, width about 3-5 mm.
Inflorescence
The number of spikes two or more. Spike shapes different (showing distinct sexual characteristics), with all spikes unisexual, spikes arranged loosely. Terminal spike sexuality staminate. Lateral spike sexuality pistillate, and erect to ascend. Lateral spike length about 2-2.5 cm. Terminal spike length about 1.5-2.5 cm. Number of spikes per node one (one spike in one bract).
Bract
Lowermost bract shape leaf-like.
Glume
Pistillate glume awn short (awn less than one-third of the total length) or long (awn more than one-third of the total length). Pistillate glume color whitish green to light brown.
Perigynium
Transverse section trigonous to terete. Perigynium shape ovate-lanceolate (the broadest part near the base), and densely flowered. Perigynium hairy or pubescent. Beak short (beak less than one-third of the total length) or long (beak more than one-third of the total length), thin (the beak is clearly distinguished from the perigynium, and the starting point of the beak is less than one-third of the widest part of the perigynium), with bidentate to bifid mouth. Length 7-8 mm.
Achene
Appendage absent, with constrictions.
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