Cyperaceae
Hudson bay sedge
Carex heleonastes
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (13)
- Belarusian
- Асака балоталюбівая
- Bulgarian
- Торфена острица
- English
- Hudson bay sedge
- Estonian
- Turvastarn
- Finnish
- Lettosara
- German
- Schlenken-Segge
- hsb
- Pochowa rězna
- Latvian
- Kūdrāja grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Huldrestarr
- Polish
- Turzyca torfowa
- Russian
- Осока болотолюбивая, Осока болотородная
- Swedish
- Myrstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока торфова
Synonyms
- Carex carltonia Dewey
- Vignea heleonastes (Ehrh. ex L.f.) Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.