Cyperaceae taxon details
Carex pulicaris L.
1678079 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1678079)
accepted
Species
Carex psyllophora L.f. · unaccepted
Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm. · unaccepted
Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag. · unaccepted
Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur · unaccepted
Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon · unaccepted
Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff. · unaccepted
Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb. · unaccepted
- Variety Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm. accepted as Carex pulicaris L.
- Variety Carex pulicaris var. montana Pugsley accepted as Carex rupestris subsp. rupestris
terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 972 [details]
page(s): 972 [details]
Lectotype LINN -HL1100-3
Lectotype LINN -HL1100-3 [details]
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping; shoots often densely tufted; roots red-brown, very fine; scales pale brown or purplish-brown,...
Description Laxamente cespitosa. Tallos (4)10-25(40) cm, obtusamente trígonos o subcilíndricos, lisos. Hojas 0,2-0,9 mm de anchura,...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 972 (1753),...
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping; shoots often densely tufted; roots red-brown, very fine; scales pale brown or purplish-brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 10–30 cm, slender, stiff, terete. Leaves 5–25 cm, 0.5–1 mm, with c. 9 veins, ± stiff, keeled below, blunt at apex, dark green; hypostomous; sheaths becoming deep brown, ribbed, lower fibrous or soon decaying, with inner face hyaline and apex ± straight; ligule c. 0.5 mm, rounded. Inflorescence a single, few-flowered, terminal spike 10–25 mm, male above, female below; bracts absent. Male glumes 4.5–5 mm, oblong-elliptic, purple- or red-brown, with paler margins; apex obtuse or ± acute. Female glumes ± 3 mm, caducous, broadly lanceolate, red- or purple-brown, with midrib keeled and margins sometimes narrowly hyaline; apex acute or obtuse. Utricles 4–6 mm, ellipsoid or oblanceoloid, dark brown, shiny, usually deflexed at maturity on a short, stout pedicel and sensitive to touch (e.g., from a raindrop or insect), abscissing and ‘jumping’ away from the parent spike – hence the English name; beak 0.2 mm, slightly notched; stigmas 2; nut narrowly obovoid, biconvex, tapered to thick stalk. [details]
Description Laxamente cespitosa. Tallos (4)10-25(40) cm, obtusamente trígonos o subcilíndricos, lisos. Hojas 0,2-0,9 mm de anchura,...
Description Laxamente cespitosa. Tallos (4)10-25(40) cm, obtusamente trígonos o subcilíndricos, lisos. Hojas 0,2-0,9 mm de anchura, de longitud menor o rara vez mayor que los tallos, setáceas, canaliculadas, lisas o algo ásperas en los bordes hacia el ápice; lígula hasta 1 mm, de ápice obtuso o redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado o las más inferiores escuamiformes, enteras o fibrosas, de color pardo. Bráctea inferior glumácea, que protege un utrículo. Espiga 1-3 cm, con la parte masculina linear y la femenina laxiflora (2)4-8(10) flores. Glumas ± ovales, agudas u obtusas, de color pardo con una estrecha banda central algo más clara que no contrasta mucho con el resto de la gluma, con margen escarioso, de longitud menor o igual que los utrículos. Utrículos 4-5 × 1-1,4 mm, de contorno fusiforme, biconvexos o plano-convexos, con los nervios generalmente no perceptibles, reflejos, de color pardo oscuro o ferrugíneos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de 0,3-0,5 mm, liso, + truncado, hendido y escarioso en el ápice. Aquenios 2,3-2,8 × 0,9-1,1 mm, de contorno obovado o elíptico, biconvexos, oliváceos. 2n = 58, 60.* [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 972 (1753),...
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 972 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Cyperaceae Working Group. (2026). [see How to cite]. Global Cyperaceae Database. Carex pulicaris L.. Accessed at: https://cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678079 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1753). Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas ad genera relatas cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Vol 2. Salvius, Stockholm., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358580
page(s): 972 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
page(s): 972 [details]
basis of record Plants of the World Online (POWO). , available online at https://powo.science.kew.org/ [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Jermy, A.C.; Simpson, D.A.; Foley, M.J.Y.; Porter, M.S. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. 554 pp. Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland, United Kingdom. [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details]
[request]taxonomy source Luceño, M., Castroviejo, S., Jiménez-Mejías, P. (2008). Cyperaceae. In: Castroviejo, Luceño, M., Galán, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P., Cabezas, F., Medina, L. (eds). Flora iberica. Plantas vasculares de la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Vol. XVIII. Madrid: CSIC., available online at https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/records/item/12958-flora-iberica-vol-18-cyperaceae-pontederiaceae?offset=, http://www.floraiberica.es/PHP/familias_lista_.php?familia=Cyperaceae [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Lectotype LINN -HL1100-3 [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Rhizomes shortly creeping; shoots often densely tufted; roots red-brown, very fine; scales pale brown or purplish-brown, becoming fibrous. Stems 10–30 cm, slender, stiff, terete. Leaves 5–25 cm, 0.5–1 mm, with c. 9 veins, ± stiff, keeled below, blunt at apex, dark green; hypostomous; sheaths becoming deep brown, ribbed, lower fibrous or soon decaying, with inner face hyaline and apex ± straight; ligule c. 0.5 mm, rounded. Inflorescence a single, few-flowered, terminal spike 10–25 mm, male above, female below; bracts absent. Male glumes 4.5–5 mm, oblong-elliptic, purple- or red-brown, with paler margins; apex obtuse or ± acute. Female glumes ± 3 mm, caducous, broadly lanceolate, red- or purple-brown, with midrib keeled and margins sometimes narrowly hyaline; apex acute or obtuse. Utricles 4–6 mm, ellipsoid or oblanceoloid, dark brown, shiny, usually deflexed at maturity on a short, stout pedicel and sensitive to touch (e.g., from a raindrop or insect), abscissing and ‘jumping’ away from the parent spike – hence the English name; beak 0.2 mm, slightly notched; stigmas 2; nut narrowly obovoid, biconvex, tapered to thick stalk. [details]Description Laxamente cespitosa. Tallos (4)10-25(40) cm, obtusamente trígonos o subcilíndricos, lisos. Hojas 0,2-0,9 mm de anchura, de longitud menor o rara vez mayor que los tallos, setáceas, canaliculadas, lisas o algo ásperas en los bordes hacia el ápice; lígula hasta 1 mm, de ápice obtuso o redondeado; sin antelígula; vainas basales con limbo desarrollado o las más inferiores escuamiformes, enteras o fibrosas, de color pardo. Bráctea inferior glumácea, que protege un utrículo. Espiga 1-3 cm, con la parte masculina linear y la femenina laxiflora (2)4-8(10) flores. Glumas ± ovales, agudas u obtusas, de color pardo con una estrecha banda central algo más clara que no contrasta mucho con el resto de la gluma, con margen escarioso, de longitud menor o igual que los utrículos. Utrículos 4-5 × 1-1,4 mm, de contorno fusiforme, biconvexos o plano-convexos, con los nervios generalmente no perceptibles, reflejos, de color pardo oscuro o ferrugíneos, gradualmente atenuados en un pico de 0,3-0,5 mm, liso, + truncado, hendido y escarioso en el ápice. Aquenios 2,3-2,8 × 0,9-1,1 mm, de contorno obovado o elíptico, biconvexos, oliváceos. 2n = 58, 60.* [details]
Taxonomic remark Source in seed data: wcs Update namepublishedIn from Sp. Pl. 2: 972. 1753 [1 May 1753] to Sp. Pl. : 972 (1753), information provided by Alan E. on email Jun. 07 2021 More details could be found in [details]
Translation Loosely cespitose. Stems (4)10–25(40) cm, bluntly trigonous or subcylindrical, smooth. Leaves 0.2–0.9 mm wide, shorter than or rarely longer than the stems, setaceous, channelled, smooth or slightly rough on the margins towards the apex; ligule up to 1 mm, with an obtuse or rounded apex; without an anteligule; basal sheaths with a developed blade or the lowest ones scale-like, entire or fibrous, brown. Lower bract glumaceous, enclosing a utricle. Spike 1–3 cm, with the male part linear and the female part lax-flowered, with (2)4–8(10) flowers. Glumes ± oval, acute or obtuse, brown, with a narrow central band slightly paler and only weakly contrasting with the rest of the glume, with a scarious margin, shorter than or equal in length to the utricles. Utricles 4–5 × 1–1.4 mm, fusiform in outline, biconvex or plano-convex, nerves usually not perceptible, reflexed, dark brown or ferruginous, gradually attenuated into a beak 0.3–0.5 mm long, smooth, ± truncate, split and scarious at the apex. Achenes 2.3–2.8 × 0.9–1.1 mm, obovoid or elliptic in outline, biconvex, olive-coloured. 2n = 58, 60.* [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (698 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex pulicaris)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications) (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications) (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (698 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carex pulicaris)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To International Plant Names Index (IPNI) (from synonym Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex pulicaris var. caespitosa Vollm.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Carex psyllophora L.f.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Vignea pulicaris (L.) Rchb.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora vulgaris Heuff.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora puliciformis Montandon)
To Plants of the World Online
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Caricinella pulicaris (L.) St.-Lag.)
To Plants of the World Online (from synonym Psyllophora pulicaris (L.) Schur)
