Carex distracta

{{Short description|Species of sedge}}

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| genus = Carex

| species = distracta

| authority = C.B.Clarke

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Carex distracta is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Assam in India.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:299509-1|title=Carex distracta C.B.Clarke |access-date=11 August 2022 |publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}

The species was first described by the botanist Charles Baron Clarke in 1894 as a part of the Joseph Dalton Hooker work The Flora of British India.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/100162013|title=Carex distracta C.B.Clarke|accessdate=22 August 2022|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|year=2022}}