Cyperaceae
Lesser saltmarsh sedge
Carex glareosa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Lesser saltmarsh sedge, Clustered sedge, Weak clustered sedge
- Estonian
- Klibutarn
- Finnish
- Somersara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Grusstarr
- Swedish
- Klapperstarr
Synonyms
- Carex bipartita var. glareosa (Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.) Polunin
- Carex glareosa var. glareosa
- Carex lachenalii var. glareosa (Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.) Gelting
- Carex soriofkensis Levl. & Vant.
- Neskiza glareosa (Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.) Raf.
- Vignea glareosa (Schkuhr ex Wahlenb.) Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, 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.