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Texas Sedge in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/4/2023). (c) Charlie Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Carex texensis | |
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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
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Binomial name | |
Carex texensis (Torr. ex L.H.Bailey) L.H.Bailey
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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.
Its culms are 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) in height, and 0.5–1 mm (1⁄64–3⁄64 in) wide basally to 0.4–0.5 mm (1⁄64–1⁄64 in) wide distally. The leaves are green with the widest leaf blades 1–1.7 mm (3⁄64–1⁄16 in) wide.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Carex texensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- L. H. Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club. 5: 97. 1894.
- Carex rosea Schkuhr ex Willdenow var. texensis Torrey ex L. H. Bailey, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 1: 57. 1889
- Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Flora of North America