Carex flacca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Genus: Carex Species: C. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Poales is an order of Flowering plants in the Monocotyledons and includes families of plants such as the grasses, Bromeliads, The family Cyperaceae, or the sedges, is a taxon of monocot Flowering plants that superficially resemble grasses or rushes Carex is a Genus of Plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (although other related species are also called flacca
Binomial name
Carex flacca Schreb.

Carex flacca (glaucous sedge, blue sedge or carnation-grass) is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa, and naturalized in eastern North America. Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber ( Weißensee Thuringia, 1739 — Erlangen, 1810 was a German naturalist. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan It is frequent in a range of habitats, including grassland, moorland, bare ground, and upper edge of saltmarsh. Grasslands (also called greenswards) are areas where the Vegetation is dominated by Grasses ( Poaceae) and other Herbaceous (non-woody Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas characterised by low growing vegetation on Acidic soils A salt marsh is a type of Marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or Brackish water (e

Female spikes are approximately 2–4 cm long and 4–6 mm wide. A centimetre ( American spelling: centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one hundredth The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to

Stem leaves are green above, glaucous beneath. Most stems have two male spikes, close together and often looking like one at first glance. Fruits are 2–2½ mm, roundish, with a very short beak, under 0. 3 mm. They are densely packed on the spike, not loose and gappy like Carex panicea.

The lowest bract is about as long as the inflorescence on average. Female spikes are typically two, and can be short-stalked and upright, or longer-stalked and nodding.

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