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|accepted_name=Carex texensis
|accepted_authority=(Torrey ex L. H. Bailey) L. H. Bailey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=5: 97. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Carex rosea var. texensis
|authority=Torrey ex L. H. Bailey
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication_place=1: 57. 1889
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Phaestoglochin;Carex texensis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Carex]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Carex sect. Phaestoglochin]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex texensis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 286, 289
|treatment_page=page 288
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>without conspicuous rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 10–30 cm, 0.5–1 mm wide basally, 0.4–0.5 mm wide distally. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2 mm, wider than long; widest leaf blades 1–1.7 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> with 3–8 spikes, 0.6–3 cm × 5–6 mm; proximal internodes 1–2 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts to 1(–3) cm; spikes with 3–10 spreading or reflexed perigynia. <b>Pistillate</b> scales hyaline or pale brown with green midvein, ovate, 1.8–2.4 × 0.8–1.3 mm, body 2/3 to almost length of perigynia, apex acute, acuminate or short-awned. <b>Anthers</b> 1 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> green to pale yellow, faces not veined, 2.6–3.4 × 1–1.3 mm, base of body spongy, thickened, longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 0.7–1.1 mm, margins entire, usually serrulate distally; beak 0.7–1.1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.3 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> straight or slightly twisted, 0.05 mm wide. <b>Achenes</b> ovate, 1.3–1.5 × 1–1.1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic open forests and fields, often rocky or sandy substrates
|elevation=50–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Carex texensis</i> is introduced into California, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. Due to confusion with <i>C. retroflexa</i>, <i>C. texensis</i> is probably under-recorded.</p>
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name=Carex texensis
|authority=(Torrey ex L. H. Bailey) L. H. Bailey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Carex rosea var. texensis
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Dry to wet-mesic open forests and fields, often rocky or sandy substrates
|elevation=50–300 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Mem. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1894
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/bb6b7e3a7de7d3b7888a1ad48c7fd8f5c722d8d6/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_488.xml
|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
|species=Carex texensis
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