Cloud Sedge

(Carex haydeniana)

galery

Description

Carex haydeniana produces clumps of drooping to decumbent stems up to 30 or 40 centimeters long, often much shorter. There are a few flat leaves per stem, each up to about 16 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a dense dark brown spherical cluster of indistinct spikelets.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Carex
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