Cyperaceae
Tufted sedge
Carex elata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (28)
- arz
- كاريكس ايلاتا
- azb
- هۆندور جیل
- Azerbaijani
- Hündür cil
- Bulgarian
- Туфеста острица
- Catalan
- Laîche raide, Laîche Élevée
- Chinese
- 高薹草
- Croatian
- Busenasti šaš
- cv
- Çӳллĕ хăях
- Czech
- Ostřice vyvýšená
- Danish
- Stiv Star
- Dutch
- Stijve zegge
- English
- Tufted sedge
- Estonian
- Luhttarn
- Finnish
- Piukkasara
- French
- Laîche raide, Laîche Élevée
- German
- Steife Segge, Laîche raide, Laîche Élevée, Steif-Segge
- hsb
- Runa rězna
- Hungarian
- Zsombéksás
- Latvian
- Augstais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Aukštoji viksva, Laîche raide, Laîche Élevée
- Macedonian
- Висока острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bunkestarr
- Persian
- کارکس استریکتا
- Polish
- Turzyca sztywna, Turzyca Hudsona
- Russian
- Осока высокая
- Swedish
- Bunkestarr, Laîche raide, Laîche Élevée
- Ukrainian
- Осока висока
- Welsh
- Hesgen duswog
Synonyms
- Carex cespitosa var. elata (All.) Fiori
- Carex elata f. brachystachys (Podp.) Soó
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: helmlingen.net, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Tigerente, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ilya Filippov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chloé Favrot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: EHaseler, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marta Vidal gallego, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Михаил Языков, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: A.Poirel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
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- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
- Hanging sedgeCarex pendulaCyperaceae
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). About our plant data.