Cyperaceae
Hair-like sedge
Carex capillaris
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (15)
- Belarusian
- Асака валасавідная
- Chinese
- 細稈苔草, 细秆苔草, 细秆薹草, 细杆薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice vláskovitá
- English
- Hair-like sedge, Hairlike sedge
- Estonian
- Jõhvtarn
- Finnish
- Hapsisara
- French
- Laîche capillaire
- German
- Haarstielige Segge, Haarstiel-Segge
- hsb
- Ćeńkostołpikata rězna
- Latvian
- Matveida grīslis
- Polish
- Turzyca włosowata
- Russian
- Осока волосовидная, Осока зеленоколосая, Осока Каро, Осока Карой, Осока тонкая
- Swedish
- Hårstarr
- Tatar
- Чәчсыман күрән
- Ukrainian
- Осока волосинчаста
Synonyms
- Carex capillaris f. typica B.Boivin
- Carex capillaris var. alpestris Andersson
- Carex capillaris var. capillaris
- Carex capillaris var. minima Beck
- Carex capillaris var. tenuior Lange
- Carex plena Clairv.
- Loxotrema capillaris (L.) Raf.
- Trasus capillaris (L.) Gray
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, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vojtěch Zavadil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 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.