Cyperaceae
Capitate sedge
Carex capitata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (8)
- English
- Capitate sedge
- Finnish
- Lettonuppisara
- German
- Kopf-Segge
- hsb
- Hłójčkata rězna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hodestarr
- Persian
- کارکس کاپیتاتا
- Russian
- Осока головчатая, Или Осока арктическая, Осока арктическая
- Swedish
- Huvudstarr
Synonyms
- Carex capitata f. alpicola Andersson
- Carex capitata subsp. arctogena (Harry Sm.) Böcher
- Carex capitata subsp. arctogena (Harry Sm.) Böcher ex Á.Löve, D.Löve & B.M.Kapoor
- Carex capitata subsp. capitata
- Carex capitata var. capitata
- Carex rahuiensis Kurtz ex V.I.Krecz.
- Diemisa capitata (Sol.) Raf.
- Psyllophora capitata (Sol.) Schur
- Vignea capitata (Sol.) Soják
- Vignea capitata Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lazaregagnidze, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, 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.