Carex mollissima

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 : 305

61. C. mollissima Christ , Kungl. Svenska Vet.-Akad. Handl. nov. ser., 22 (10): 181 (1888).

Stems 25^10 cm, erect, slender, compressed-trigonous, scabrid above; basal sheaths brown, without lamina, becoming slightly fibrous. Leaves exceeding stems, 3-7 mm wide, flat, green. Male spikes solitary. Female spikes 2-4, 15-30x 7-8 mm, cylindrical, overlapping, erect, subsessile or with peduncles up to 3(-4) cm; lowest bract exceeding inflorescence. Female glumes reddish-brown. Utricles 4-5-5 mm, ovoid, more or less patent, greenish-yellow, shining, with slender veins, more or less abruptly contracted into a 2-fid or emarginate beak 1-1-5 mm. Marshes and shallow water. N. & C. Ural. Rs (N, C). (N. & E. Siberia.)