Английская Википедия:Carex flacca

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Carex flacca, with common names blue sedge, gray carex, glaucous sedge, or carnation-grass, (syn. Carex glauca), is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa.[1] It is frequent in a range of habitats, including grasslands, moorlands, exposed and disturbed soil, and the upper edges of salt marshes.[1] It has naturalized in eastern North America.[1]

Description

Carex flacca leaves are blue-green above, glaucous beneath, to Шаблон:Convert in height. The arching leaves are about as long as the inflorescence, Шаблон:Convert. The plant spreads in expanding clumps by lateral shoots rooting.[1] Most stems have two male spikes, close together and often looking like one at first glance. Fruits are Шаблон:Convert, roundish, with a very short beak, under Шаблон:Convert. They are densely packed on the spike, not loose and gappy like Carex panicea. Female spikes are approximately Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Female spikes are typically two, and can be short-stalked and upright, or longer-stalked and nodding.

Cultivation

Carex flacca is cultivated by plant nurseries as an ornamental plant, planted for accent or as a groundcover in gardens and public landscapes.[2] It is also used in drought tolerant landscaping and erosion control plantings.[1] It grows in sun to part shade settings.

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