Carex plantain facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids 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, commonly known as carex plantain, plaintainleaf sedge, or seersucker sedge, 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.

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