Cyperaceae
Bigelow's sedge
Carex bigelowii
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- كاريكس بيجلوى
- Czech
- Ostřice Bigelowova
- English
- Bigelow's sedge, Gwanmo sedge
- Finnish
- Tunturisara
- German
- Starre Segge
- hsb
- Prosta rězna
- Icelandic
- Stinnastör
- Japanese
- オハグロスゲ
- Korean
- 갈미사초
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stivstarr
- Persian
- کارکس بیگلووی
- Polish
- Turzyca tęga
- Russian
- Осока Бигелоу, Осока Биджелоу, Осока гиперборейская, Осока жёсткая
- Swedish
- Styvstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen anystwyth
Synonyms
- Carex bigelowii f. bigelowii
- Carex bigelowii subsp. hyperborea Bocher
- Carex rigida var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Tuck.
- Carex saxatilis var. bigelowii (Torr. ex Schwein.) Torr.
- Carex warmingii Holm
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Thilo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.