Cyperaceae
Star sedge
Carex echinata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (25)
- arz
- كاريكس اشناتا
- Bulgarian
- Ежовидна острица
- Catalan
- Càrex estelat, Laîche Étoilée
- Chinese
- 刺猬薹草, 刺猬苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice ježatá, Tuřice ježatá
- Danish
- Stjerne-Star
- Dutch
- Sterzegge
- English
- Star sedge
- Estonian
- Tähttarn
- Finnish
- Tähtisara
- French
- Laîche étoilée
- German
- Igel-Segge, Stern-Segge, Laîche Étoilée
- hsb
- Hwěžkojta rězna
- Hungarian
- Töviskés sás
- Indonesian
- Teki Bintang
- Japanese
- キタノカワズスゲ
- Latvian
- Aslapu grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Žvaigždėtoji viksva, Laîche Étoilée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stjernestarr, Stjernestorr
- Persian
- کارکس اچیناتا
- Polish
- Turzyca gwiazdkowata
- Russian
- Осока ежисто-колючая, Осока ежевидная, Осока ежевидно-колосковая, Осока звёздчатая, Осока остроконечная
- Swedish
- Stjärnstarr, Laîche Étoilée
- Ukrainian
- Осока їжакова
- Welsh
- Sêr-hesgen
Synonyms
- Carex echinata var. echinata
- Carex leersii var. angustata Burnham
- Vignea echinata (Murray) Fourr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: James K. Lindsey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bartosz Cuber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Emmanuel STRATMAINS, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emmanuel STRATMAINS, 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.