Cyperaceae
Grassland sedge
Carex divulsa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (12)
- ab
- Аванызахәшә
- arz
- كاريكس ديفولسا
- Czech
- Ostřice přetrhovaná, Tuřice přetrhovaná, Ostřice mnoholistá, Tuřice mnoholistá, Tuřice měkkoostenná mnoholistá
- Dutch
- Groene bermzegge
- English
- Grassland sedge, Gray sedge
- French
- Laîche écartée
- German
- Unterbrochenährige Segge, Westfälische Segge, Leers Segge, Vielblättrige Segge
- hsb
- Zelena rězna, Westfalska rězna
- Polish
- Turzyca rozsunięta
- Russian
- Осока прерванная
- Swedish
- Långstarr, Carex divulsa. leersii, Skaftaxig piggstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen lwyd
Synonyms
- Carex canescens Huds.
- Carex divulsa f. angustifolia (Podp.) Soó
- Carex divulsa f. guestphalica (Rchb.) Kük.
- Carex divulsa f. misera (Kük. ex Vollm.) Kük.
- Carex divulsa f. polycarpa (Vollm.) Kük.
- Carex divulsa subsp. divulsa
- Carex divulsa subsp. virens (Lam.) Nyman
- Carex divulsa var. approximata Legrand
- Carex divulsa var. congesta Gren.
- Carex divulsa var. guestphalica (Rchb.) F.W.Schultz ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex divulsa var. javanica Nelmes
- Carex divulsa var. misera Kük. ex Vollm.
- Carex divulsa var. polycarpa Vollm.
- Carex divulsa var. virens (Lam.) Steud.
- Carex divulsa var. virens (Lam.) Mérat
- Carex echinata var. pseudodivulsa (F.W.Schultz) F.W.Schultz
- Carex guestphalica Boenn. ex W.D.J.Koch
- Carex guestphalica (Rchb.) Boenn. ex W.D.J.Koch
- Carex guestphalica (Rchb.) Boenn. ex O.Lang
- Carex lumnitzeri (Rouy) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex muricata Desf.
- Carex muricata f. angustifolia Podp.
- Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Celak.
- Carex muricata subsp. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb.
- Carex muricata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó
- Carex muricata subsp. virens (Lam.) Čelak.
- Carex muricata var. angustifolia Podp.
- Carex muricata var. divulsa (Stokes) Wahlenb.
- Carex muricata var. lumnitzeri Rouy
- Carex muricata var. nemorosa Gaudin
- Carex muricata var. subramosa Neilr.
- Carex muricata var. virens (Lam.) Rchb.
- Carex nemorosa Lumn.
- Carex persica Nelmes
- Carex spicata subsp. lumnitzeri (Rouy) Soó
- Carex stellulata f. pseudodivulsa F.W.Schultz
- Carex subramosa Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex virens Lam.
- Carex virens var. divulsa (Stokes) F.W.Schultz
- Carex virens var. guestphalica (Rchb.) Garcke
and 8 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 99 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ed Wilson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jacqui Geux, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chiara Bresciani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jacques Maréchal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chardonneret, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.