Cyperaceae

Crimson seeded sedge

Carex baccans Nees

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex

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Common names

By language (3)

Arabic: سعادى عنقودي
Chinese: 浆果薹草, 紅果薹, 山稗子, 山稗子根, 山红稗, 红稗, 红稗子, 浆果苔草
English: Crimson seeded sedge

Synonyms

Carex baccans f. aurantiaca Kuntze
Carex baccans f. nigra Kuntze
Carex baccans f. normalis Kuntze
Carex baccans f. recurvirostris Kuntze
Carex baccans var. siccifructus C.B.Clarke
Carex curvirostris Kunze
Carex dolicophylla Link ex C.B.Clarke
Carex erythraea Schrad.
Carex javanica Boeckeler
Carex recurvirostra Kunze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid

Photos

Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.