Carex setosa Boott

Reported from Gilgit, Hazara and Kashmir by Stewart (l.c.) and C.B.Clarke (l.c.).

Stoloniferous perennial, 30-50 cm. Stem 0.7-1 mm diam., obtusely trigonous smooth. Leaves flexuous, 1/3 of stem length; sheaths 20-30 mm, grey-brown, disintegrating into fibres, margin of scarious side concave; ligule c. 0.2 mm, scarious, brownish, arch in lower leaves much lower than wide, in upper more than twice the width; blades 1-2.5 mm wide, flat or folded, margins narrowly revolute, scabrous towards apex. Inflorescence of terminal male spike and 2-3 female spikes below. Bracts green, the lowest to equalling its spike, sheath to 60 mm. Male spikes 20-45 x 2-2.5 mm, fusiform, male glumes c. 6.2 x 2 mm, pale yellow-brown, lanceolate, obtuse, scarious. Female spikes 25-45 x c. 2 mm, fusiform or club-shaped, lax, rather erect, peduncles up to 100 mm; female glumes 2.3-3 x 1.8-2.2 mm, brown, obtuse to truncate with arista up to 0.7 mm, margins scarious; utricles 3.2-3.5 x 0.7-1 mm, fusiform, brown, setose mainly along lateral nerves, stipe up to 0.7 mm; beak 0.8-1.2 mm, shallowly bifid or oblique, with prominent setose lateral nerves. Stigmas 3. Nut c. 1.8 x 0.7-0.8 mm, ellipsoid, obtusely trigonous, yellow, reticulate with papilla in each areole.

Himalaya (Kashmir, Nepal), S.W. China.

Distribution: From Pakistan to Sikkim and China.

3400-3800 m

Marshes.

Carex setosa adalah spesies tumbuhan seperti rumput yang tergolong ke dalam famili Cyperaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Poales. Spesies Carex setosa sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Carex. Nama ilmiah dari spesies ini pertama kali diterbitkan oleh Boott.

Carex setosa là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cói. Loài này được Boott mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1862.

刺毛薹草（学名：Carex setosa）为莎草科薹草属的植物。分布在克什米尔地区、尼泊尔以及中国大陆的甘肃、青海、四川、云南、西藏、贵州等地，生长于海拔2,300米至3,700米的地区，多生长于亚高山灌丛草甸。