Carex melanostachya

Carex melanostachya, called the Great Plains sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to central Europe to western Asia, and introduced to the central US.^[2] Its chromosome number is 2n=54, with some uncertainty.^[3]

Carex melanostachya
In Vienna, Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Carex
Species:	C. melanostachya
Binomial name
Carex melanostachya M.Bieb. ex Willd.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carex bicuspidata Regel ex V.I.Krecz. Carex bornmulleri Kük. Carex juncoides J.Presl & C.Presl Carex ledebourii Boiss. & Buhse Carex nutans Host Carex ripariiformis Litv. Carex sulcata Schur Vignea juncoides (J.Presl & C.Presl) Opiz