Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

OvalOval:
Broadly elliptic.
with a beak

Size

• Length: 4 mm
• Width: 2 mm
• Thickness: 1 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Papery and smooth

Other structures

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
is enclosed in a sac-like structure (perigyniumPerigynium:
The saclike bract that subtends the pistillate flower of sedges (Carex), which in fruit becomes a flask-shaped envelope surrounding the fruit (achene).
).

Family

Cyperaceae

Valid name

Carex festucacea Schkuhr ex Willd.