Cyperaceae

Yellowfruit sedge

Carex annectens (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex

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Yellowfruit sedge (Carex annectens) — Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Yellowfruit sedge

Synonyms

Carex annectens var. ambigua (Barratt) Gleason
Carex annectens var. annectens
Carex annectens var. xanthocarpa (Kük.) Wiegand
Carex bicknellii E.G.Camus
Carex brachyglossa Mack.
Carex setacea var. ambigua (Barratt) Fernald
Carex vulpinoidea f. annectens (E.P.Bicknell) Kük.
Carex vulpinoidea var. ambigua Barratt
Carex vulpinoidea var. annectens (E.P.Bicknell) Farw.
Carex vulpinoidea var. xanthocarpa Kük.
Carex xanthocarpa E.P.Bicknell
Carex xanthocarpa var. annectens E.P.Bicknell

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Lyrae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jennifer Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Joseph McPhail, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Doug Goldman, 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.