Cyperaceae
Snail sedge
Carex dacica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (4)
- Dutch
- Turzyca dacka
- English
- Snail sedge
- Finnish
- Euroopantunturisara
- Polish
- Turzyca dacka
Synonyms
- Carex anguillata Drejer
- Carex aquatilis subsp. anguillata (Drejer) K.Richt.
- Carex aquatilis subsp. hyperborea (Drejer) K.Richt.
- Carex aquatilis var. anguillata (Drejer) Nyman
- Carex bigelowii f. anguillata (Drejer) Fernald
- Carex bigelowii f. glacialis (Fr.) Raymond
- Carex bigelowii subsp. dacica (Heuff.) T.V.Egorova
- Carex bigelowii subsp. hyperborea (Drejer) Böcher
- Carex bigelowii subsp. nardeticola Holub
- Carex bigelowii subsp. rigida (Raf.) W.Schultze-Motel
- Carex cespitosa subsp. dacica (Heuff.) K.Richt.
- Carex cespitosa var. dacica (Heuff.) Nyman
- Carex cespitosa var. rigida (Raf.) Benth. & Hook.f.
- Carex fusca subsp. dacica (Heuff.) Serb. & Nyár.
- Carex fyllae Holm
- Carex hyperborea Drejer
- Carex hyperborea var. angustifolia Andersson
- Carex nigra subsp. dacica (Heuff.) Soó
- Carex rigida Gooden.
- Carex rigida f. aggregata Almq.
- Carex rigida f. aggregata Almq.
- Carex rigida f. androgyna Norm.
- Carex rigida f. anguillata (Drejer) Kük.
- Carex rigida f. glacialis Fr.
- Carex rigida f. infuscata (Drejer) Kük.
- Carex rigida f. juncelliformis Almq.
- Carex rigida f. pudica (Drejer) Kük.
- Carex rigida subsp. inferalpina (Laest.) Gorodkov
- Carex rigida var. dacica (Heuff.) Kük.
- Carex rigida var. frigida Fr.
- Carex rigida var. frigida Fr.
- Carex rigida var. glacialis Fr.
- Carex rigida var. glacialis (Fr.) Andersson
- Carex rigida var. inferalpina Laest.
- Carex rigida var. recurva Gray
- Carex rigida var. saxatilis Fr.
- Carex salina var. hyperborea (Drejer) Nyman
- Carex saxatilis f. infuscata Drejer
- Carex saxatilis f. pudica Drejer
- Carex saxatilis var. inferalpina (Laest.) Blytt
and 9 more.
Photos
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.