Carex plantaginea

Carex plantaginea
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. plantaginea
Binomial name
	Carex plantaginea; Lam.

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

Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex plantaginea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). 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.
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,

External links

USDA plant database

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[1] Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002). "Carex plantaginea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). 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,