Cyperaceae
Lesser panicled sedge
Carex diandra
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (22)
- arz
- كاريكس دياندرا
- Catalan
- Laîche arrondie
- Chinese
- 圆锥苔草, 圆锥薹草, 圓錐苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice přioblá, Ostřice dvoumužná, Tuřice dvoumužná, Tuřice přioblá
- Dutch
- Ronde zegge
- English
- Lesser panicled sedge, Lesser tussock-sedge
- Estonian
- Ümartarn
- Finnish
- Liereäsara
- French
- Laîche arrondie, Laîche à deux étamines, Laîche à tige arrondie
- German
- Draht-Segge, Drahtsegge, Laîche arrondie
- hsb
- Kuluchojta rězna
- Hungarian
- Hengeres sás
- Japanese
- クリイロスゲ
- Latvian
- Divputekšņu grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Apvalioji viksva, Laîche arrondie
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjevlestarr
- Persian
- کارکس دیاندرا
- Polish
- Turzyca obła
- Russian
- Осока двутычинковая, Осока двухтычинковая
- Swedish
- Trindstarr, Laîche arrondie
- Ukrainian
- Осока двотичинкова
- Welsh
- Hesgen rafunog fach
Synonyms
- Carex bernardina Parish
- Carex diandra f. conguesta Lekav.
- Carex diandra f. longibracteata Chwast.
- Carex diandra f. major (W.D.J.Koch) Kük.
- Carex diandra f. tenella (C.L.Beckm.) Kük.
- Carex diandra var. ampla (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
- Carex diandra var. ramosa (Boott) Fernald
- Carex ehrhartiana Hoppe ex Boott
- Carex fulva Thuill.
- Carex paniculata var. diandra (Schrank) Fiori
- Carex paniculata var. minor Retz.
- Carex paniculata var. teretiuscula (Gooden.) Wahlenb.
- Carex paradoxa subsp. pseudoparadoxa (S.Gibson) K.Richt.
- Carex paradoxa subsp. teretiuscula (Gooden.) Wahlenb.
- Carex paradoxa var. pseudoparadoxa (S.Gibson) Nyman
- Carex pseudoparadoxa S.Gibson
- Carex teretiuscula Gooden.
- Carex teretiuscula f. simplicior Sanio
- Carex teretiuscula var. ampla L.H.Bailey
- Carex teretiuscula var. crassior Hartm.
- Carex teretiuscula var. ehrhartiana (Hoppe ex Boott) Nyman
- Carex teretiuscula var. major W.D.J.Koch
- Carex teretiuscula var. nana Gaudin
- Carex teretiuscula var. ramosa Boott
- Carex teretiuscula var. tenella C.L.Beckm.
- Caricina teretiuscula (Gooden.) St.-Lag.
- Physiglochis teretiuscula (Gooden.) Raf.
- Vignea diandra (Schrank) Soják
- Vignea teretiuscula (Gooden.) Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Braden J. Judson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Braden J. Judson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: lallen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.