Carex plantaginea

Carex plantaginea
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. plantaginea
Binomial name
Carex plantaginea Lam.

Carex plantaginea is a perennial herb of the sedge family with the common name seersucker sedge or plaintainleaf sedge,^[1][2] which grows up to 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) tall. It grows in meadows and woods from Maine to Georgia.

References

1. efloras
2. 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,

External links

• USDA plant database