Cyperaceae
Greenwhite sedge
Carex albolutescens
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 白黄薹草, 白黄苔草
- English
- Greenwhite sedge
Synonyms
- Carex alata var. ferruginea (A.Gray) Fernald
- Carex albolutescens var. brunnea Olney ex A.Gray
- Carex albolutescens var. ferruginea (A.Gray) Kük.
- Carex albolutescens var. sparsiflora Olney ex A.Gray
- Carex festucacea var. ferruginea (A.Gray) Farw.
- Carex foenea Muhl. ex Torr.
- Carex foenea var. ferruginea A.Gray
- Carex straminea var. chlorostachys Boeckeler
- Carex straminea var. ferruginea (A.Gray) L.H.Bailey
- Carex straminea var. foenea Torr.
- Carex straminea var. intermedia J.Gay
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: David LaMagna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kendra RaiderNature, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, 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.