Cyperaceae
Softleaf sedge
Carex disperma
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (14)
- Belarusian
- Асака двухсемянная
- Chinese
- 二籽薹草, 少囊苔草
- English
- Softleaf sedge, Two-seed sedge
- Estonian
- Õrn tarn
- Finnish
- Hentosara
- Japanese
- ホソスゲ
- Korean
- 가는사초
- Latvian
- Divsēklu grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vekstarr
- Persian
- کارکس دیسپرما
- Polish
- Turzyca szczupła
- Russian
- Осока двусемянная
- Swedish
- Spädstarr
- Tatar
- Ике орлыклы күрән
Synonyms
- Carex blyttii F.Nyl.
- Carex dominii H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Carex dominii Levl. & Vaniot
- Carex gracilis A.Gray
- Carex inops Kunze
- Carex misera Franch.
- Carex nakaii H.Lév.
- Carex tenella Schkuhr
- Carex tenella var. brachycarpa Kük.
- Carex tenella var. misera Franch.
- Carex tenella var. nakaii (H.Lév.) H.Lév.
- Vignea disperma (Dewey) Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
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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.