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|accepted_name=Carex turgescens
|accepted_authority=Torrey
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|place=3: 419. 1836
|year=1836
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Rostrales;Carex turgescens
|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. Rostrales]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Carex turgescens]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 515
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Culms </b>obtusely trigonous in cross section, 45–100(–160) cm, smooth. <b>Leaves</b>: ligules 3–12 mm, mostly longer than wide; blades yellowish or light green, widest leaves 1.8–6 mm wide, smooth or sometimes papillose, especially distally. <b>Inflorescences</b> (3–)5–30(–45) cm; proximal (1–)2–3 spikes pistillate, erect or the proximal spreading, aggregated or the proximal sometimes remote, ovoid to short-cylindric. <b>Pistillate</b> scales ovate, 1/3–2/3 as long as perigynia, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Anthers</b> 2.3–5.1 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> spreading or the proximal somewhat reflexed, yellowish green, 22–34-veined, inflated, ovate to narrowly ovate, 6.4–10.7 × 2–3.5 mm, 2.6–3.9 times as long as wide, apex contracted; beak 1.3–3 mm. <b>Achenes</b> 2.8–3.6 × 1.6–2.2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring–early summer.
|habitat=Wet savannas, wet open forests, seeps, stream banks, often in shallow water, in sandy or peaty, acidic soils
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
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name=Carex turgescens
|author=
|authority=Torrey
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring–early summer.
|habitat=Wet savannas, wet open forests, seeps, stream banks, often in shallow water, in sandy or peaty, acidic soils
|elevation=0–200 m
|distribution=Ala.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.
|reference=None
|publication title=Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. New York
|publication year=1836
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Rostrales
|species=Carex turgescens
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