Carex texensis

Carex texensis, the Texas sedge,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is endemic to the eastern, central, and southern United States.

Carex texensis
At the Zilker Botanical Garden in Austin, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Section: Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
Species:
C. texensis
Binomial name
Carex texensis
(Torr. ex L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey

Its culms are 10–30 cm in height, and 0.5–1 mm wide basally to 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. The leaves are green with the widest leaf blades 1–1.7 mm wide.

References

  1. "Carex texensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


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