Cyperaceae
Elongated sedge
Carex elongata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (17)
- Belarusian
- Асака падоўжаная
- Czech
- Ostřice prodloužená, Tuřice prodloužená
- Dutch
- Elzenzegge
- English
- Elongated sedge
- Estonian
- Pikk tarn
- Finnish
- Pitkäpääsara
- French
- Laîche allongée
- German
- Walzen-Segge, Langährige Segge
- hsb
- Podlěšena rězna
- Latvian
- Pagarinātais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Pailgoji viksva
- Macedonian
- Валчеста острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Langstarr
- Polish
- Turzyca długokłosa
- Russian
- Осока удлинённая, Осока удлиненная
- Swedish
- Rankstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen hir
Synonyms
- Carex divergens Thuill.
- Carex elongata f. heterostachya Wimm.
- Carex elongata f. umbrosa Kneuck.
- Carex elongata prol. gebhardii (Willd.) Rouy
- Carex elongata subsp. gebhardii (Willd.) K.Richt.
- Carex elongata var. alpestris Trevir.
- Carex elongata var. brachystachya Blytt
- Carex elongata var. gebhardii (Willd.) Asch.
- Carex elongata var. gebhardii (Willd.) Rchb.
- Carex elongata var. guebhardii Schleich. ex DC.
- Carex elongata var. minor Boott
- Carex elongata var. pauciflora Meinsh.
- Carex elongata var. simplicior Andersson
- Carex gebhardii Willd.
- Carex multiceps Gaudin
- Carex multiculmis Ehrh.
- Carex pinnata Moench ex Rchb.
- Caricina elongata (L.) St.-Lag.
- Leptovignea elongata (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Olotrema gebhardii (Willd.) Raf.
- Vignea elongata (L.) Rchb.
- Vignea gebhardii (Willd.) Rchb.
Photos
Photo: Don Pedro28, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mathilde DUVERGER, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mathilde DUVERGER, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gerhard Nitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gerhard Nitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gerhard Nitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrea Moro, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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). About our plant data.