Biology:Carex oligosperma

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

Carex oligosperma
Carex oligosperma BB-1913.png
1913 botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Vesicariae
Species:
C. oligosperma
Binomial name
Carex oligosperma
Michx.

Carex oligosperma, common name fewseed sedge, few-seeded sedge, and few-fruited sedge, is a perennial plant in the Carex genus. A distinct variety, Carex oligosperma var. oligosperma, exists.[1]

Conservation status

It is a species of special concern and believed extirpated in Connecticut,[2] It is endangered in Illinois, Massachusetts , and North Carolina, and threatened in Ohio and Pennsylvania.[3]

Native American ethnobotany

The Iroquois take a compound decoction of the plant as an emetic before running or playing lacrosse.[4]

References

  1. "Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge)". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAOL3. 
  2. "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015". State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources. Retrieved 12 January 2018. (Note: This list is newer than the one used by plants.usda.gov and is more up-to-date.)
  3. "Plants Profile for Carex oligosperma (fewseed sedge)". https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAOL3. 
  4. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 275

Wikidata ☰ Q15581630 entry