Carex preissii

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

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| genus = Carex

| species = preissii

| authority = Nees

| synonyms = * Carex thecata Boott

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Carex preissii is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Western Australia.{{FloraBase|name=Carex Carex preissii|id=757}}{{cite web|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:301698-1|title=Carex preissii Nees|access-date=6 August 2022|publisher=Kew Science – Plants of the World Online}}

The species was described by the botanist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1846 as a part of the work Plantae Preissianae. The type specimen was collected by Ludwig Preiss.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/50328492|title=Carex preissii Nees|accessdate=4 September 2022|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden}}

The sedge is found along the coast in the Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions.