Carex pilosa, Scop.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 307

81. C. pilosa Scop. , FZ. Cam. ed. 2, 2: 226 (1772).

Rhizomes long, slender. Stems 20-50 cm, erect, slender, compressedtrigonous, smooth; basal sheaths purplish- or reddish-brown, entire, without lamina. Leaves equalling or exceeding stems, 5-10 mm wide, ciliate and sparsely hairy beneath. Male spike 15-30 x 3-5 mm, oblong-clavate. Female spikes 2-3(-4), 20-40 x 4-5 mm, lax, with 7-20 flowers; peduncles 1-5 cm; lowest bract shorter than spike, with sheath 15-35 mm. Female glumes slightly shorter than utricles, pale or reddish-brown. Utricles 3-5-5 mm, obovoid, green or pale brown, with slender veins, glabrous, with a short, smooth, 2-fid beak 1-1-5 mm. 2« = 44. Woods, usually deciduous. • From C. France and the Leningrad region southwards to C. Italy and Turkey-in-Europe. Au Bu Cz Ga Ge He Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, E) Tu.