Carex panicea L.

Spice

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Carex

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte.

Habitats: Mulleres de montaña, peat bog, mountainous lakes.

Characteristics: All types of wet mountain environments: peat bogs, rushlands, stream beds, springs, etc. A rhizomatous plant, with leaves light green and 2-5 mm in width. It has two types of spikes: one male and various females per plant. The glumes are a ferruginous-brown, shorter than the utricles. These are trigonal or conical, glabrous and without a beak. The fructifying spikes are lax.