Carex mollicula




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Carex mollicula Boott
Synonyms Carex arcuata Franchet
Common name (Japanese common name) hime-shira-suge [dwarf white sedge]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands), Korea, China
Chromosomal number 2n=56, 66, 68, 70
Description Culms 15-30cm tall. Leaves 4-8mm wide. Flowers male spikelets 1.5-2.5cm at top, female spikelets 1.5-3cm, flowering in May to July. Perennial plants.



May 2006
at mountane forest
May 2006
at mountane forest
May 2006
at mountane forest