Carex microcarpa
This perennial sedge with a creeping rhizome grows 50 cm to 1 m tall, features glabrous stems and long glaucous leaves, is native to moist sites in Corsica, Sardinia, and Central Italy within temperate biomes, flowers May–July, and is listed as Least Concern.
Common Names
Wasser-Segge, Balili, Udenu Grislis
Summary
A perennial, rhizomatous sedge native to Corsica, Sardinia, and Central Italy, it forms clumps via creeping rhizomes and features glabrous culms with glaucous, long leaves that are rough at the tips; the inflorescence comprises a solitary long, brown‑reddish male spike and four to six cylindrical, dense, erect female spikes that are subsessile, with lower bracts enveloping the inflorescence and small dark brown utricles with short beaks extending beyond the scale; flowering occurs May–July, and common names include Laiche à petits fruits.
In temperate biomes, it grows in moist low‑ to mid‑elevation zones and has a broad distribution across Corsica, Sardinia, Capraja, and Central Italy; conservation status is Least Concern with stable populations.
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
1 ft 8 in – 3 ft
Bloom Color
Brown
Bloom Time
Spring to Summer
Foliage Color
bluish-green
Growth Rate
Stable
Seasons of Interest
Spring and Summer
Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Species
- Author
- Bertol. ex Moris
- Publication
- Stirp. Sard. Elench. 1: 48 (1827)
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex