Determined according to the botanical key provided by Chater in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native from Central Europe to the Mediterranean and Afghanistan according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Xero-thermic sites – rocks cliffs and rocky terrains, river gorges, edges of oak forests.
Flowering period: Spring: MAR, APR.
Carex halleriana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – habit. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – inflorescence – terminal male spikelet and upper female spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – inflorescence – terminal male spikelet and upper female spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – inflorescence – terminal male spikelet and upper female spikelet. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – inflorescence – terminal male spikelet and upper female spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – terminal male spikelet. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – terminal male spikelet. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – upper female spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – female spikelets with utricles and sheathing bract. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – female spikelet with utricles and sheathing bract. The sheath of the lowest bract is at least 5 mm long. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – sheath of bract. The sheath of the lowest bract is at least 5 mm long. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – sheath of bract. The sheath of the lowest bract is at least 5 mm longGorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – lowest female spikelets and leaves. The lowest female spikelets have long filiform peduncles arising from base of stem. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – leaves. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – adaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – abaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – abaxial side of leaf. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Carex halleriana – basal sheaths. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Carex halleriana – size of spikelets. Gorge of “Kochanska’ River, 02.04.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski. Carex umbrosa subsp. umbrosa – fruiting inflorescence – female spikelets with utricles. Gorge of “Kochanska” River, 16.04.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Carex L. Chater, A. O. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 290 – 323.
