Carex acutata (common name, slender-tufted sedge, slender-spiked sedge) is a species of sedge, a perennial flowering plant, in the family Cyperaceae. It was first formally named by Francis Boott in 1846.
Carex acutata is a tuft-forming sedge, with clumps of slender, narrow leaves reaching up to 90cm in height. The inflorescence forms a series of spikes, with brownish flowers, appearing in late spring and summer.
Carex acutata is native to South America. In Bolivia, it occurs at elevations of . It is distributed in mountainous habitats of the Tropical Andes, from Bolivia to Venezuela.
The name Carex tessellata was included in the Ecuadorian Red List as a âÂÂmysterious species known from a single collection of uncertain precedenceâÂÂ. The name was synonymised in 2020 to Carex acutata.