View source for Carex chalciolepis

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|accepted_name=Carex chalciolepis
|accepted_authority=T. Holm
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Sci.
|place=166: 28, figs. 1–5. 1903
|year=1903
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex atrata var. chalciolepis
|authority=(T. Holm) Kükenthal
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex atrata var. larimerana
|authority=(Kelso) Kelso
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex chalciolepis var. larimerana
|authority=Kelso
|rank=variety
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Carex heteroneura var. chalciolepis
|authority=(T. Holm) F. J. Hermann
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Racemosae;Carex chalciolepis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Racemosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex chalciolepis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 405
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>densely cespitose. <b>Culms</b> 20–50 cm, smooth. <b>Leaves</b> 2.5–5 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b>: proximal bracts shorter than or exceeding inflorescences; spikes contiguous, overlapping, distinct or the proximal separate and pendent, elongate, 10–25 × 6–10 mm; proximal long-pendunculate; lateral 3–6 spikes pistillate or, rarely, gynecandrous; terminal spike gynecandrous. <b>Pistillate</b> scales chestnut or brownish black with hyaline margins, lanceolate, equaling or longer than and narrower than perigynia, midvein same color as body, inconspicuous, slightly raised, prominent. <b>Perigynia</b> ascending, purple-brown with green or pale yellow margins, veinless, broadly ovate, 3–4 × 2.25–3.5 mm, apex abruptly beaked, distally papillose; beak 0.3–0.5 mm, entire or shallowly bidentate, smooth. <b>Achene</b> filling proximal 1/2 or less of perigynium.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=3000–4000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex chalciolepis</i> has pendent spikes with an almost shaggy appearance from pistillate scales typically longer than the perigynia. Similar forms are found among C. aterrima Hoppe in eastern Siberia.</p>
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name=Carex chalciolepis
|authority=T. Holm
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Carex atrata var. chalciolepis;Carex atrata var. larimerana;Carex chalciolepis var. larimerana;Carex heteroneura var. chalciolepis
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting Jun–Aug.
|habitat=Subalpine and alpine meadows
|elevation=3000–4000 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Sci.
|publication year=1903
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_724.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Racemosae
|species=Carex chalciolepis
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