Carex plantaginea

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Carex plantaginea, commonly known as carex plantain, plaintainleaf sedge, or seersucker sedge,{{eFloras|1|242357409|family=Cyperaceae|first1=Peter W. |last1=Ball |first2=A. A. |last2=Reznicek}}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}} is a perennial herb of the sedge family.

Description

It grows up to {{convert|0.9|m}} tall. It is distributed across much of eastern North America, from New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Iowa.

References

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{{cite web |last1=Kirschbaum |first1=Chad |title=Plantain-leaf sedge (Carex plantaginea Lam.) |url=https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/carex_plantaginea.shtml |website=Plant of the Week |publisher=U.S. Forest Service |accessdate=27 September 2020}}

{{cite web |title=Carex plantaginea Lamarck |url=https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/5034 |website=Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) |accessdate=27 September 2020}}

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External links

{{cite web |title=Carex plantaginea (Plantain-leaved Sedge) |url=https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/grass-sedge-rush/plantain-leaved-sedge |website=Minnesota Wildflowers |accessdate=27 September 2020}}

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Category:Plants described in 1792

Category:Flora of Alabama