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|accepted_name=Carex retroflexa
|accepted_authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=4(1): 235. 1805
|year=1805
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Carex;Carex sect. Phaestoglochin;Carex retroflexa
|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 retroflexa]]</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> 10–75 cm, 1.3–1.8 mm wide basally, 0.5–0.8 mm wide distally. <b>Leaves</b>: sheaths tight, green, fronts hyaline; ligules less than 2 mm, wider than long; widest leaf blades 1.4–3 mm wide. <b>Inflorescences</b> with 3–9 spikes, 1–4 cm × 5–9 mm; proximal internodes 1–3 times as long as proximal spikes; proximal bracts to 6 cm; spikes with 3–10 spreading perigynia. <b>Pistillate</b> scales hyaline with green midvein, ovate, 2–3 × 1.4–1.6 mm, 3/4 length to equaling perigynia, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Anthers</b> 1.5–2.3 mm. <b>Perigynia</b> green to pale yellow, faces weakly veined, 2.5–3.2 × 1.2–1.8 mm, base of body spongy, thickened and longitudinally striate adaxially, spongy region 0.8–1.5 mm, margins entire, serrulate distally; beak 0.7–1 mm, apical teeth 0.1–0.3 mm. <b>Stigmas</b> straight or slightly twisted, 0.05 mm wide. <b>Achenes</b> ovate-circular, 1.3–1.6 × 1.3–1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 40.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Thickets and openings in dry deciduous forests
|elevation=10–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Records of <i>Carex retroflexa</i> and <i>C. texensis</i> are not always clearly distinguished, consequently some reports of <i>C. retroflexa</i> may refer to <i>C. texensis</i>.</p>
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name=Carex retroflexa
|author=
|authority=Muhlenberg ex Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting spring.
|habitat=Thickets and openings in dry deciduous forests
|elevation=10–500 m
|distribution=Ont.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1805
|special status=
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|genus=Carex
|section=Carex sect. Phaestoglochin
|species=Carex retroflexa
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