Carex texensis

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

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|image=Carex texensis - Zilker Botanical Garden - Austin, Texas - DSC08932.jpg

|image_caption=At the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas

|genus=Carex

|parent=Carex sect. Phaestoglochin

|species=texensis

|authority=(Torr. ex L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey

}}

Carex texensis, the Texas sedge,{{PLANTS|id=CATE7|taxon=Carex texensis|accessdate=12 November 2016}} is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is endemic to the eastern, central, and southern United States.

Its culms are {{convert|10–30|cm|abbr=on}} in height, and {{convert|0.5–1|mm|abbr=on|frac=64}} wide basally to {{convert|0.4–0.5|mm|abbr=on|frac=64}} wide distally. The leaves are green with the widest leaf blades {{convert|1–1.7|mm|abbr=on|frac=64}} wide.