following Egorova, T.V. 1999: .St. Louis, MO, St. Petersburg Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy, St. Petersburg and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St.. 772 p.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Carex ovalis
Determiner:
C C Ogle
Identification date:
2011-10-30 (Verbatim: 30 Oct 2011)
Preferred name:
Carex leporina L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Lake Waikato, Nukumaru
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.829172 174.787038
Verbatim locality:
Nukumaru, Lake Waikato
Verbatim collector:
C C Ogle 5925
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
30 Oct 2011
Start date:
2011-10-30
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 629 515 (WGS84 -39.828156 174.786259)
flower
c. 6 tussocks with 2-3 m² - hard to pull tillers with roots. Lvs shiny green, ± flat to V in cross section, almost smooth. Culms smooth but slightly scabrid below inflorescence. Heads with 5-(6) spikelets, lowest bract with awn > spikelet but < inflorescence. Male flowers at base of spikelets, female above, with 2 stigmas. Fruit not yet formed.