Cyperaceae
Sand sedge
Carex arenaria
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- سعادي رملي
- arz
- سعادى رملى
- azb
- قوملوق جیلی
- Azerbaijani
- Qumluq cili
- Basque
- Hareetako ezpata-belar
- csb
- Piôskòwi charzt
- Czech
- Ostřice písečná
- Danish
- Sand-star
- Dutch
- Zandzegge
- English
- Sand sedge
- Esperanto
- Sabla karekso
- Estonian
- Liivtarn
- Finnish
- Hietikkosara
- French
- Laîche des sables, Laiche des sables
- German
- Sand-Segge, Sandsegge, Soldaten-segge
- Greek
- Κυπερίδα της άμμου
- hsb
- Pěskowa rězna
- Hungarian
- Tengerparti sás
- Irish
- Cíb ghainimh
- Latvian
- Smiltāja grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Smiltyninė viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sandstarr
- Persian
- کارکس ارناریا
- Polish
- Turzyca piaskowa
- Russian
- Осока песчаная
- Slovenian
- Peščeni šaš
- Spanish
- Carice, Cárice, Zarzaparrilla alemana
- Swedish
- Sandstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen y tywod
Synonyms
- Carex arenaria f. pallida Lackow.
- Carex arenaria f. pumila Lackow.
- Carex arenaria f. remota (T.Marsson) Almq.
- Carex arenaria var. adjunta Merino
- Carex arenaria var. prostrata De Langhe
- Carex arenaria var. pseudoarenaria T.Marsson
- Carex arenaria var. remota T.Marsson
- Carex arenaria var. spiralis Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex arenaria var. tenuis Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex intermedia d'Urv.
- Carex sabuletorum M.Bieb. ex Boott
- Carex schreberi Desv.
- Carex spadicea Gilib.
- Carex witheringii Gray
- Vignea arenaria (L.) Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 44 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lars Willighagen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: johnoved, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Morten Rosenvold Villadsen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 10:27, 22 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Gyselinck, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Gabriele Kothe-Heinrich, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.