Carex plantaginea

Carex plantaginea

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species: C. plantaginea
Binomial name
Carex plantaginea

Carex plantaginea is a perennial herb of the sedge family with the common name seersucker sedge or plaintainleaf sedge,[1][2] which grows up to 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) tall. It grows in meadows and woods from Maine to Georgia.

References

  1. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex plantaginea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee. Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  2. Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 397, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5,


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