Cyperaceae
Slender tufted-sedge
Carex acuta
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- سعادي مدبب
- arz
- سعادى مدبب
- Belarusian
- Асака вострая
- Bulgarian
- Остра острица
- Catalan
- Laîche Aiguë
- Czech
- Ostřice štíhlá, Ostřice řízná
- Dutch
- Scherpe zegge
- English
- Slender tufted-sedge
- Estonian
- Sale tarn
- Finnish
- Viiltosara
- French
- Laîche aiguë
- German
- Schlank-Segge, Laîche Aiguë
- hsb
- Šwižna rězna
- Hungarian
- Éles sás
- Latvian
- Slaidais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Lieknoji viksva, Laîche Aiguë
- Macedonian
- Шилеста острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kvass-starr
- Persian
- کارکس آکوتا
- Polish
- Turzyca zaostrzona
- Russian
- Осока острая, Осока буровлагалищная, Осока двуцветно-колосковая, Осока двуцветноколосковая, Осока повисшая, Осока стройная
- Swedish
- Vasstarr, Laîche Aiguë, Skarpstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока гостра
- Welsh
- Hesgen tywysennau main
Synonyms
- Carex acuta f. amblylepis Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. fluviatilis (Hartm.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. graciliflora Legrand
- Carex acuta f. gracilis (Curtis) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. pedicellata Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. personata (Fr.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. tourangiana (Boreau) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. touranginiana (Boreau) Sanio
- Carex acuta f. tricostata (Fr.) Almq.
- Carex acuta f. vaginata Peterm.
- Carex acuta f. zygostachya Rchb.
- Carex acuta prol. moenchiana (Nyman) Rouy
- Carex acuta prol. tricostata (Fr.) Rouy
- Carex acuta subsp. colorata F.Nyl.
- Carex acuta subsp. intermedia Čelak.
- Carex acuta subsp. nutans Čelak.
- Carex acuta subsp. personata (Fr.) P.Fourn.
- Carex acuta subsp. ruffa (L.) Ehrh.
- Carex acuta subvar. graciliflora Legrand
- Carex acuta var. amblylepis (Peterm.) Nyman
- Carex acuta var. anomala Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. chlorostachya Rchb.
- Carex acuta var. chlorotica Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. colorata (F.Nyl.) Nyl. & Saelán
- Carex acuta var. dioica Peterm.
- Carex acuta var. fluviatilis Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. graciliflora (Legrand) Rouy
- Carex acuta var. integrirostris Regel
- Carex acuta var. intermedia Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. major Gray
- Carex acuta var. minor Trevir.
- Carex acuta var. moenchiana Nyman
- Carex acuta var. monstrosa Gray
- Carex acuta var. nardifolia Hartm.
- Carex acuta var. nutans Čelak.
- Carex acuta var. personata Fr.
- Carex acuta var. polystachia Lej.
- Carex acuta var. ruffa L.
- Carex acuta var. sparsiflora Dewey
- Carex acuta var. sphaerocarpa R.Uechtr.
and 84 more.
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.