Cyperaceae
Asian shortstem sedge
Carex breviculmis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 短莖宿柱薹, 青绿薹草, 青营, 直蕊苔草, 青绿苔草
- English
- Asian shortstem sedge
Synonyms
- Carex boniana Boeckeler
- Carex breviculmis f. longiaristata Kük.
- Carex breviculmis var. leucochlora (Bunge) Makino
- Carex breviculmis var. typica Domin
- Carex candolleana H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex candolleana var. longebracteata H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex candolleana var. pubescens H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex engleriana H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex filiculmis Franch. & Sav.
- Carex filiculmis var. gracillima Akiyama
- Carex geihokuensis K.Okamoto
- Carex heribaudiana H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex hoatiensis H.Lév.
- Carex horikawae K.Okamoto
- Carex langsdorffii Boott
- Carex leucochlora Bunge
- Carex leucochlora f. longiaristata (Kük.) Kitag.
- Carex leucochlora var. candolleana (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Katsuy.
- Carex leucochlora var. longiaristata (Kük.) Kitag.
- Carex leucochlora var. petrogena Kitag.
- Carex leucochlora var. subglabra V.N.Vassil.
- Carex morrisonicola Hayata
- Carex puberula Boott
- Carex royleana Nees
- Carex umbrosiformis H.Lév.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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.