Cyperaceae
Tworank sedge
Carex disticha
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- ديسيشا كاريكس
- Belarusian
- Асака двухрадковая
- Bulgarian
- Двуредна острица
- Czech
- Ostřice dvouřadá, Tuřice dvouřadá
- Dutch
- Tweerijige zegge
- English
- Tworank sedge, Brown sedge
- Estonian
- Lünktarn
- Finnish
- Kahtaissara
- French
- Laîche distique
- German
- Zweizeilige Segge
- hsb
- Dwojorjadkata rězna
- Latvian
- Divrindu grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Duskstarr
- Persian
- کارکس دیستیچا
- Polish
- Turzyca dwustronna
- Russian
- Осока двурядная, Осока Гроссгейма
- Swedish
- Plattstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen lygliw
Synonyms
- Carex disticha f. luxurians (Beck) Almq.
- Carex disticha f. pangyna Beck
- Carex disticha f. permixta Beck
- Carex disticha f. submascula Almq.
- Carex disticha prol. modesta Rouy
- Carex disticha subsp. grossheimii (V.I.Krecz.) T.V.Egorova
- Carex disticha var. capitata Hampe ex O.Lang
- Carex disticha var. compactior Kük.
- Carex disticha var. decipiens T.Durand
- Carex disticha var. distachya O.Lang
- Carex disticha var. elatior Boeckeler
- Carex disticha var. floribunda (Peterm.) Peterm.
- Carex disticha var. floribunda (Peterm.) Peterm.
- Carex disticha var. gracilis Metsch
- Carex disticha var. longibracteata Schleich.
- Carex disticha var. luxurians Beck
- Carex disticha var. minor Peterm.
- Carex disticha var. pedunculata Pamp.
- Carex grossheimii V.I.Krecz.
- Carex intermedia Gooden.
- Carex intermedia f. distachya (O.Lang) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. elatior (Boeckeler) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. floribunda (Peterm.) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. longibracteata (Schleich.) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. minor (Peterm.) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. pangyna (Beck) Kük.
- Carex intermedia f. permixta (Beck) Kük.
- Carex intermedia var. abbreviata Klett & Richt.
- Carex intermedia var. repens Rchb.
- Carex longibracteata Schleich.
- Carex marginata Gorter
- Carex modesta J.Gay
- Carex multiformis Thuill.
- Carex pseudoarenaria Pers.
- Carex schoenoides DC.
- Carex spicata Lam.
- Carex teretiuscula subsp. modesta (J.Gay) Nyman
- Caricina disticha (Huds.) St.-Lag.
- Vignea disticha (Huds.) Peterm.
- Vignea disticha (Huds.) Peterm.
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 50 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:37, 23 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: A.Poirel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.