Cyperaceae
Distant sedge
Carex distans
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (18)
- Bulgarian
- Разреденокласа острица
- Chinese
- 溪水苔草, 疏花薹草, 远距薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice oddálená, Ostřice oddálenoklasá
- Dutch
- Zilte zegge
- English
- Distant sedge
- Estonian
- Läänetarn
- Finnish
- Välisara
- French
- Laîche à épis distants
- German
- Entferntährige Segge, Lückensegge
- Hebrew
- כריך מרוחק
- hsb
- Rozkłóskowaca rězna
- Latvian
- Attālinātais grīslis
- Macedonian
- Разредена острика
- Persian
- کارکس دیستنس
- Polish
- Turzyca odległokłosa
- Russian
- Осока расставленная
- Spanish
- Junca
- Swedish
- Glesstarr
Synonyms
- Carex binerviformis Holmboe
- Carex distans f. virecens Asch. & Graebn.
- Trasus distans (L.) Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:19, 8 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:20, 8 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
- Sand sedgeCarex arenariaCyperaceae
- Mud sedgeCarex limosaCyperaceae
- Slender tufted-sedgeCarex acutaCyperaceae
- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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.