Carex pallescens

Culms 20–80 cm, pilose. Leaves: sheaths pilose; ligules longer than wide; blades 2–3 mm wide, pilose abaxially. Inflorescences: lateral spikes approximate or proximal distant, 5–20 × 4.5–7 mm; terminal spike staminate, 5–30 × 1–2.5 mm. Pistillate scales ovate, 2.2–3.2 × 1.1–1.5 mm, 2 times as long as wide, apex of proximal cuspidate, apex of distal acute or acuminate, as long as perigynia. Staminate scales oblong-obovate, 2.7–4.2 mm, apex acute or mucronate. Anthers 1.4–2.8.. more