Scientific Name
Carex multifolia Ohwi 흰밀사초
Subgenus classification
: Carex.
Habitats
Occurs in Gangwon (?), Seoul, Gyeonggi (?), Chungbuk (?), Chungnam (?), Gyeongbuk (?), Gyeongnam (?), Jeonbuk (?), Jeonnam (?) or Jeju (?), and it lives in coastline.
Stem
Scattered growth (?) or Clumped growth (?), with basal sheath color dark brown to reddish brown, and length about 20-50 cm.
Leaves
Leaves longer than the stem, have glabrous surfaces, width about 3-8 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 or androgynous, and erect to ascend. Lateral spike length about 1.5-3 cm. Terminal spike length about 2-4 cm. Number of spikes per node one (one spike in one bract).
Bract
Lowermost bract shape thread-like.
Glume
Pistillate glume awn absent. Pistillate glume color whitish green to light brown.
Perigynium
Transverse section trigonous to terete. Perigynium shape obovate (the broadest part near the apex) (?), elliptical to narrow elliptical (the broadest part in the center) (?) or 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), thick (the beak is not distinguished from the perigynium , and the starting point of the beak is more than one-third of the widest part of the perigynium), with bidentate to bifid mouth. Length 3-4 mm.
Achene
Appendage present, no constrictions.
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