Cyperaceae
Separated sedge
Carex divisa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- كاريكس ديفيزا
- Chinese
- 单行薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice dělená
- Dutch
- Kustzegge
- English
- Separated sedge, Divided sedge
- French
- Laîche divisée
- German
- Geteilte Segge
- Hungarian
- Csátés sás
- Persian
- کارکس دیویسا
- Russian
- Осока раздельная, Осока скученная
- Welsh
- Hesgen ranedig
Synonyms
- Carex algarbiensis Samp.
- Carex ammophila Willd.
- Carex ammophila var. longiculmis (Willk.) Rouy
- Carex austriaca Schkuhr
- Carex austroafghanica Raymond
- Carex bertolonii Schkuhr
- Carex chaetophylla Steud.
- Carex coacta Boott
- Carex coarctata Kit.
- Carex curaica var. coacta (Boott) Boott
- Carex cuspidata Bertol.
- Carex divisa f. pallidiflora Kük.
- Carex divisa f. rivularis (Schkuhr) Kük.
- Carex divisa subsp. ammophila (Willd.) C.Vicioso
- Carex divisa subsp. chaetophylla (Steud.) Nyman
- Carex divisa subsp. setifolia (Fourr.) Bonnier & Layens
- Carex divisa var. ammophila (Willd.) Nyman
- Carex divisa var. austriaca (Schkuhr) Nyman
- Carex divisa var. chaetophylla (Steud.) Daveau
- Carex divisa var. coarcta T.Koyama
- Carex divisa var. curta Gray
- Carex divisa var. cuspidata Nyman
- Carex divisa var. longiculmis Willk.
- Carex divisa var. moniziana (Lowe ex Boott) Kük.
- Carex divisa var. platyphylla Braun-Blanq. & Trab.
- Carex divisa var. rivularis (Schkuhr) Nyman
- Carex divisa var. setifolia (Fourr.) Trab.
- Carex divisa var. splendens (Thuill. ex Pers.) Nyman
- Carex fontanesii Poir.
- Carex fuscescens Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex hostii Hoppe & Hornsch. ex Kunth
- Carex hybrida Lam.
- Carex hymelayensis Steud.
- Carex incurva Sm.
- Carex lobata Lam.
- Carex moniziana Lowe ex Boott
- Carex paradoxa Benth.
- Carex rivalis Willk. & Lange
- Carex rivalis Planellas
- Carex rivularis Schkuhr
and 15 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marie PORTAS, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: raja babeja, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
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Photo: Marie PORTAS, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Ortiz Sanz Susana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: bertrant.bui@, 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.