Cyperaceae FAMILY
Carex vesicaria
Carex vesicaria
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Carex vesicaria is a perennial plant growing from a branching, stoloniferous rootstock. It produces dense to loose clusters of grass-like leaves around 30 - 100cm tall, spreading to form colonies[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeEurasia - Europe to west Siberia, Kazakhstan and Iran; N. America - British Columbia to Newfoundland, south to California, Kentucky, N. Carolina
HabitatSwamps, wet thickets, wet depressions in forests, marshes, sedge meadows, bogs, stream, pond, and lakeshores, often in sites inundated in spring and dry during summer; at elevations from sea level to 3,300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ]