Cyperaceae
Silvery sedge
Carex canescens
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- كانيسينس كيركس
- Belarusian
- Асака шэраватая, Асака гушчарная
- Chinese
- 白山薹草, 白山苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice šedavá, Tuřice šedavá
- Danish
- Grå star
- Dutch
- Zompzegge
- English
- Silvery sedge, White sedge, Gray bog sedge, Hoary sedge
- Estonian
- Hallikas tarn
- Finnish
- Harmaasara
- French
- Laîche blanchâtre
- German
- Grau-Segge, Graue Segge
- hsb
- Šěra rězna
- Hungarian
- Szürkés sás
- Japanese
- ハクサンスゲ
- Latvian
- Iesirmais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Žiloji viksva
- Macedonian
- Сива острика
- Persian
- کارکس کانسنس
- Polish
- Turzyca siwa
- Russian
- Осока сероватая, Осока пепельно-серая, Осока седеющая, Осока серая, Осока чащевная
- Swedish
- Gråstarr
- Turkish
- Beyaz ayak otu
- Ukrainian
- Осока попелясто-сіра
- Welsh
- Hesgen benwen
Synonyms
- Carex canescens f. fulvescens Holmb.
- Carex canescens var. canescens
- Carex canescens var. curta (Gooden.) Macloskie
- Carex canescens var. fallax Kurtz
- Carex curta Gooden.
- Carex curta var. robustior (Kük.) B.Boivin
- Caricina canescens (L.) St.-Lag.
- Facolos curta (Gooden.) Raf.
- Vignea canescens (L.) Rchb.
- Vignea curta (Gooden.) Opiz
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 42 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- 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, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ida B D Jacobsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: B. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Baur, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lucian Vazquez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
- Sand sedgeCarex arenariaCyperaceae
- Mud sedgeCarex limosaCyperaceae
- Slender tufted-sedgeCarex acutaCyperaceae
- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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.