Cyperaceae
Circumpolar sedge
Carex adelostoma
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Circumpolar sedge
- Finnish
- Vuomasara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tranestarr
- Swedish
- Fjällklubbstarr
Synonyms
- Carex buxbaumii subsp. alpina (Hartm.) Liro
- Carex buxbaumii subsp. mutica (Hartm.) Isov.
- Carex buxbaumii var. alpicola Hartm.
- Carex buxbaumii var. alpina Hartm.
- Carex buxbaumii var. mutica Hartm.
- Carex morrisseyi A.E.Porsild
- Carex polygama subsp. alpina (Hartm.) A.Cajander
- Carex polygama subsp. mutica (Hartm.) Cajander
- Carex polygama subsp. mutica (Hartm.) A.Cajander
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.