Flora

Carex flacca Schreb. / Infraspecifics: Carex flacca ssp. flacca,  it is a rhizomatous geophyte, up to 20-80 cm, sub trigonal stem, a little scabrous. Leaves 2-5 mm wide, glaucous especially below, rigid, scabrous, with double longitudinal fold. Inflorescence 5-15 cm long. female spikes 2-4, 2-5 cm long, leaning then hanging, long stalked, male spikes 2-4, terminal. Stigmata 3. purplish-brown, acute scales. Utricles dark brown to black, rough, 3-4.5 mm long, short, truncated beak.

Flowering in: Mar-Jun.

Al-Jabal Al-Akhder:  Wadi Wardama, Baida, Derna 1939

Wild. I have not yet found a recent record of the species in Libya.

This species is accepted: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299756-1

Link of images: https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/flacca/,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1684&nnn=%3Ci%3ECarex%20flacca%3C/i%3E%20Schreb, https://www.i-flora.com/en/image-search/phylogenetic-tree/art/showgallery/carex-flacca.html

https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299756-1,   https://www.ipni.org/n/299756-1,   https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000346645,    https://www.gbif.org/species/2727938,    https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/nomen/specie/156553/carex-flacca-schreb,  https://www.infoflora.ch/it/flora/carex-flacca.html,    https://flora.org.il/en/plants/CARFLA/,    https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/carex/flacca/,  https://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=1684&nnn=%3Ci%3ECarex%20flacca%3C/i%3E%20Schreb,  https://www.i-flora.com/en/image-search/phylogenetic-tree/art/showgallery/carex-flacca.html,   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carex_flacca