Cyperaceae
Dioecious sedge
Carex dioica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (7)
- Czech
- Ostřice dvoudomá, Tuřice dvoudomá
- Dutch
- Tweehuizige zegge
- English
- Dioecious sedge
- Estonian
- Kahekojane tarn
- Finnish
- Äimäsara
- French
- Laîche dioïque
- German
- Zweihäusige Segge
Synonyms
- Carex casteriana Heer ex Boott
- Carex chlamydea Norman
- Carex custoriana Heer
- Carex dioica f. isogyna (Fr.) Neuman
- Carex dioica f. laxa Junge
- Carex dioica f. metteniana (O.Lang) Asch.
- Carex dioica subsp. custoriana (Heer) K.Richt.
- Carex dioica subsp. isogyna (Fr.) K.Richt.
- Carex dioica subsp. paralleloides N.Lund. ex Andersson
- Carex dioica var. androgyna Gray
- Carex dioica var. custoriana (Heer) Nyman
- Carex dioica var. elongata Gray
- Carex dioica var. isogyna Fr.
- Carex dioica var. metteniana O.Lang
- Carex dioica var. scabrella Fr.
- Carex dioica var. subcaespitosa O.Lang
- Carex dioiscostrongyla St.-Lag.
- Carex laevis Hoppe
- Carex linnaeana Host
- Carex linnaei Degl.
- Carex metteniana (O.Lang) C.B.Lehm. ex Schur
- Carex nigricans Dewey
- Caricinella laevis (Heuff.) St.-Lag.
- Maukschia laevis Heuff.
- Physiglochis dioica (L.) Raf.
- Psyllophora dioica (L.) Schur
- Vignea dioica (L.) Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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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.