Cyperaceae
Starved wood-sedge
Carex depauperata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (8)
- Armenian
- Բոշխ աղքատացած
- Dutch
- Armoedige zegge
- English
- Starved wood-sedge
- German
- Verarmte Segge
- hsb
- Naduta rězna
- Persian
- کارکس دیپاپراتا
- Russian
- Осока обеднённая
- Welsh
- Hesgen lom
Synonyms
- Carex monilifera Thuill.
- Carex triflora Willd.
- Carex triflora Schkuhr
- Carex ventricosa Curtis
- Loxotrema triflora (Willd.) Raf.
- Trasus depauperatus (Curtis ex Woodw.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: bertrant.bui, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christophe Girod, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christophe Girod, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbier Pontarlier-marichal, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.