Cyperaceae
Brome-like sedge
Carex bromoides
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Brome-like sedge, Sedge
- Hindi
- केरेक्स ब्रोमोइड्स, सेज
Synonyms
- Loncoperis bromoides (Willd.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: cassi saari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aarongunnar, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.