Cyperaceae
Longbract sedge
Carex extensa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- سعادى مداد, خب
- Chinese
- 長苞薹草, 长苞薹草, 长苞苔草
- Danish
- Udspilet star
- Dutch
- Kwelderzegge
- English
- Longbract sedge, Long-bracted sedge
- Estonian
- Randtarn
- Finnish
- Itämerensara
- French
- Laîche étirée
- German
- Strand-Segge, Strandsegge
- hsb
- Rozćehnjena rězna
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Vipestarr
- Persian
- کارکس اکستنسا
- Polish
- Turzyca wyciągnięta
- Russian
- Осока растянутая
- Swedish
- Segstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen-yr-heli bractau hir
Synonyms
- Carex arcuata Wahlenb.
- Carex balbisii Schkuhr ex Balb.
- Carex extensa f. balbisii (Schkuhr ex Balb.) Kük.
- Carex extensa f. gynobasis Ciocârlan
- Carex extensa f. pumila (Andersson) Kük.
- Carex extensa f. tenuifolia (DC.) Kük.
- Carex extensa subsp. sacalinensis Ciocârlan
- Carex extensa subsp. viestina Fen.
- Carex extensa var. balbisii (Schkuhr ex Balb.) Rchb.
- Carex extensa var. graeca Hausskn.
- Carex extensa var. nana Husn.
- Carex extensa var. nervosa (Desf.) Nyman
- Carex extensa var. puberula Merino
- Carex extensa var. pumila Andersson
- Carex extensa var. tenuifolia DC.
- Carex nervosa Desf.
- Carex peruviana Dombey ex Boott
- Trasus extensus (Gooden.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:37, 18 December 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Guillaume FRIED, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: vag18000, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel MATHIEU, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: isidrepege, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel MATHIEU, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: ernshep1, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Sylvain PIRY, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: f.dupont.collette, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel MATHIEU, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: kengiller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, 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.