Cyperaceae
Buxbaum's sedge
Carex buxbaumii
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (23)
- arz
- كاريكس بوكسباومى
- Belarusian
- Асака Буксбаума
- Bulgarian
- Буксбаумова острица
- Chinese
- 长鳞薹草, 长鳞苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice Buxbaumova
- Danish
- Køllestar, Kølle-Star
- Dutch
- Knotszegge
- English
- Buxbaum's sedge, Club sedge
- Estonian
- Padutarn
- Finnish
- Nuijasara, Karttusara
- French
- Laîche de Buxbaum
- German
- Buxbaums Segge
- hsb
- Włóžna rězna
- Hungarian
- Buxbaum-sás
- Latvian
- Buksbauma grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Pievinė viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Klubbestarr
- Persian
- کارکس باکسبامی
- Polish
- Turzyca Buxbauma
- Russian
- Осока Буксбаума
- Swedish
- Klubbstarr
- Tatar
- Буксбаум күрәне
- Welsh
- Hesgen Buxbaum
Synonyms
- Carex buxbaumii f. buxbaumii
- Carex buxbaumii f. dilutior Kük.
- Carex buxbaumii f. mitis Norman
- Carex buxbaumii f. oenipontana Grembl. ex Appel
- Carex buxbaumii f. pedunculata Raymond
- Carex buxbaumii f. virescens Norman
- Carex buxbaumii subsp. subulata (Cajander) Liro
- Carex buxbaumii var. anticostensis Raymond
- Carex buxbaumii var. claviformis Russow
- Carex buxbaumii var. sibirica Litv.
- Carex buxbaumii var. submutica Hartm.
- Carex buxbaumii var. subrigida Neuman
- Carex holmiana Mack.
- Carex oligandra F.Muell. ex Boott
- Carex picea Franch.
- Carex polygama Schkuhr
- Carex polygama subsp. subulata A.Cajander
- Carex polygama var. brevisquamosa A.Cajander
- Carex polygama var. confusa A.Cajander
- Carex pseudobuxbaumii M.Winkl.
- Carex subulata Schumach.
- Carex tarumensis Franch.
- Carex tubulata K.Schum. ex Boott
- Physiglochis buxbaumii (Wahlenb.) Raf.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 38 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bria Abeles-Allison, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Trevor Edmonson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: John Baur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A.Poirel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Cline, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gerhard Nitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.