''Carex molestiformis'', the frightful sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
, native to the east-central US.
A perennial reaching , it is found in bottomlands, stream banks and floodplains, and roadsides.
References
molestiformis
Endemic flora of the United States
Flora of Oklahoma
Flora of Missouri
Flora of Arkansas
Flora of Kentucky
Flora of Tennessee
Flora of Mississippi
Flora of Ohio
Flora of West Virginia
Flora of Virginia
Flora of North Carolina
Flora of Georgia (U.S. state)
Plants described in 1997
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