Carex cylindrostachys

Carex cylindrostachys is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Yunnan and Sichuan in China. Its common name in Chinese is zhu sui tai cao, or 柱穗薹草.

The plant was first formally described by the botanist Adrien René Franchet in 1895 as a part of the work Bulletin de la Société Philomatique de Paris.