Cyperaceae
Heath sedge
Carex flacca
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (25)
- Belarusian
- Асака павіслая
- Bulgarian
- Повиснала острица
- Chinese
- 柔弱薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice chabá
- Danish
- Blågrøn Star
- Dutch
- Zeegroene zegge
- English
- Heath sedge, Glaucous sedge
- Estonian
- Vesihaljas tarn
- Finnish
- Vahasara
- French
- Laîche glauque
- German
- Blaugrüne Segge, Schlaffe Segge, Blau-Segge, Blausegge, Meergrüne Segge
- hsb
- Namódra rězna
- Hungarian
- Deres sás
- Irish
- Cíb liathghorm
- Japanese
- カレックス・フラッカ
- Latvian
- Zilganais grīslis
- Macedonian
- Синозелена острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blåstarr
- Persian
- کارکس فلاکا
- Polish
- Turzyca sina
- Russian
- Осока повислая, Осока поникающая, Осока сизая, Осока слабая
- Spanish
- Mansiega
- Swedish
- Slankstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока слабка
- Welsh
- Hesgen lwydlas y calch
Synonyms
- Carex flacca subsp. claviformis (Hoppe) Malag.
- Carex glauca var. sylvatica Asch. & Graebn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.