Cyperaceae
Fibrous tussock-sedge
Carex appropinquata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (18)
- Belarusian
- Асака збліжаная
- Czech
- Ostřice odchylná, Tuřice odchylná
- Dutch
- Paardenhaarzegge
- English
- Fibrous tussock-sedge
- Estonian
- Eristarn
- Finnish
- Röyhysara
- French
- Laîche paradoxale
- German
- Schwarzschopf-Segge, Wundersegge
- hsb
- Spodźiwna rězna
- Hungarian
- Rostostövű sás
- Latvian
- Satuvinātais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Šeriuotoji viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taglstarr
- Persian
- کارکس اپروپینکواتا
- Polish
- Turzyca tunikowa
- Russian
- Осока сближенная, Осока своеобразная
- Swedish
- Tagelstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen ffibrog
Synonyms
- Carex approximata f. ramosa (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
- Carex paniculata var. paradoxa (Rchb.) Fiori
- Carex paradoxa Willd.
- Carex paradoxa f. brachystachya Schatz
- Carex paradoxa f. ramosa Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex paradoxa f. sparsiflora Lange
- Carex paradoxa var. gracilis Asch. & Graebn.
- Caricina paradoxa (Rchb.) St.-Lag.
- Vignea appropinquata (Schumach.) Soják
- Vignea paradoxa Rchb.
Photos
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Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
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- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
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- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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.