Cyperaceae
Bengal sedge
Carex cruciata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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![Bengal sedge: 十字薹草 Carex cruciata [香港濕地公園 Hong Kong Wetland Park]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/%E5%8D%81%E5%AD%97%E8%96%B9%E8%8D%89_Carex_cruciata_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%BF%95%E5%9C%B0%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Wetland_Park-_%289259214241%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%8D%81%E5%AD%97%E8%96%B9%E8%8D%89_Carex_cruciata_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%BF%95%E5%9C%B0%E5%85%AC%E5%9C%92_Hong_Kong_Wetland_Park-_%289259214241%29.jpg)
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 十字薹草, 三方草, 十字苔草, 烟火薹
- English
- Bengal sedge, Cross grass, Cross sedge, South china sedge
- Japanese
- ハナビスゲ
Synonyms
- Carex bengalensis Roxb.
- Carex bengalensis f. glauca Boeckeler ex Kuntze
- Carex bengalensis var. nagporensis (C.B.Clarke) M.R.Almeida
- Carex cruciata subsp. rubrobrunnea (Ohwi) T.Koyama
- Carex cruciata var. argocarpus C.B.Clarke
- Carex cruciata var. nagporensis C.B.Clarke
- Carex cruciata var. rubrobrunnea Ohwi
- Carex galactolepis Nelmes
- Carex hakkuensis Hayata
- Carex spongocrepis Nelmes
- Carex valida Nees
Photos
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Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 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). About our plant data.