Biology:Carex plantaginea

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Short description: Species of grass-like plant

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

Carex plantaginea, commonly known as carex plantain, plaintainleaf sedge, or seersucker sedge,[1][2][3][4] is a perennial herb of the sedge family.

Description

It grows up to 0.9 metres (2 ft 11 in) tall. It is distributed across much of eastern North America, from New Brunswick to Georgia, west to Minnesota and Iowa.

References

  1. Ball, Peter W.; Reznicek, A. A. (2002), "Carex plantaginea", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 23, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242357409 
  2. Kirschbaum, Chad. "Plantain-leaf sedge (Carex plantaginea Lam.)". U.S. Forest Service. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/carex_plantaginea.shtml. Retrieved 27 September 2020. 
  3. "Carex plantaginea Lamarck". https://data.canadensys.net/vascan/taxon/5034. Retrieved 27 September 2020. 
  4. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q12343744 entry