Carex lonchocarpa

{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}}

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|image_caption=The brown growths are from an infection with Farysia thuemenii, a smut fungus

|genus=Carex

|species=lonchocarpa

|authority=Willd. ex Spreng.

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• Carex folliculata var. australis {{small|L.H.Bailey}}
• Carex smalliana {{small|Mack.}}

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Carex lonchocarpa, the southern long sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, native to Texas and the southeastern US.{{cite POWO |id=317444-2 |title=Carex lonchocarpa Willd. ex Spreng. |access-date=23 November 2022 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CALO9 |title=Carex lonchocarpa |author= |date=30 October 2020 |website=Plant Database |publisher=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center |access-date=23 November 2022 }} A perennial reaching {{cvt|4|ft|cm}}, it can be found in a wide variety of wet habitats, on sand, peat, or acid soils.