''Carex swanii'', known as Swan's sedge or downy green 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 ...

. It is native to eastern North America. It was originally described as ''Carex virescens'' var. ''swanii'' in 1906, then elevated to species in 1910. The species was named for Charles Walter Swan (1838-1921), a naval surgeon and early member of the

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swanii Plants described in 1906 Flora of Northern America {{Carex-stub