Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Leaves are unique in NC's Carex in being very broad and the surface generally puckered like seersucker fabric. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex plantaginea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-057:
Carex plantaginea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex plantaginea

COMMON NAME:
Seersucker Sedge, Plantainleaf Sedge

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_capl4_001_lvd

        

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March    Polk County    NC

Pearson's Falls

Flowering stem usually leafless w a terminal male spike, 3-4 female spikes, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.

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April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The "semi-naked" flowering stems of Plantainleaf Sedge are distinctive, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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August    Polk County    NC

Bright green 10" foliage that puckers between the veins. Leaves 0.5-1" wide, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee.

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex plantaginea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex plantaginea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-057:
Carex plantaginea   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Carex plantaginea