Cyperaceae
Creeping sedge
Carex chordorrhiza
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (19)
- Belarusian
- Асака струннакарэнная
- Czech
- Ostřice šlahounovitá, Tuřice šlahounovitá
- Danish
- Grenet star
- English
- Creeping sedge, Cordroot sedge
- Estonian
- Alsstarn
- Finnish
- Juurtosara
- German
- Fadenwurzelige Segge, Fadenwurzlige Segge
- hsb
- Ćeńkokorjenita rězna
- Icelandic
- Vetrarkvíðastör
- Japanese
- ヒメツルスゲ
- Latvian
- Tievsakņu grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strengstarr
- Persian
- کارکس کردریزا
- Polish
- Turzyca strunowa
- Russian
- Осока плетевидная, Осока плетеобразующая, Осока струннокоренная, Осока струнокоренная, Осока тонкокоренная, Осока шнурокорневая
- Swedish
- Strängstarr
- Tatar
- Камчы күрән
- Ukrainian
- Осока тонкокореневищна
- Welsh
- Hesgen linynnog
Synonyms
- Carex chordorrhiza var. aestivalis Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex chordorrhiza var. genuina Trautv.
- Carex chordorrhiza var. sphagnicola Laest. ex Th.Fr.
- Carex fischeriana J.Gay
- Carex fulvicoma Dewey
- Carex funiformis Clairv.
- Carex teretiuscula Willk.
- Caricina chordorrhiza (L.f.) St.-Lag.
- Vignea chordorrhiza (L.f.) Rchb.
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: Matti Virtala, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, 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.