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Pictorial guide to the flora of the British Isles
Carex pauciflora has 1 spike, like Carex pulicaris, but is paler, has 3 stigmas, and the style continues to project from the end of the utricle after flowering; it is widespread in the Scottish Highlands but rare in other mountain regions.
Meall an Dobharchain (VC89: East Perthshire); 2019-07-02 |
![few-flowered sedge / Carex pauciflora: _Carex pauciflora_ has 1 spike, like _Carex pulicaris_, but is paler, has 3 stigmas, and the style continues to project from the end of the utricle after flowering; it is widespread in the Scottish Highlands but rare in other mountain regions.](img/264020.jpg) |
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