Cyperaceae
Hairy sedge
Carex hirta
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- سعادي مشعر, سعادي أشعر
- arz
- سعادى مشعر
- Belarusian
- Асака варсістая
- Bulgarian
- Твърдовлакнеста острица
- Czech
- Ostřice srstnatá
- Danish
- Håret Star
- Dutch
- Ruige zegge
- English
- Hairy sedge, Hammer sedge
- Estonian
- Karvane tarn
- Finnish
- Karvasara
- French
- Laiche hérissée, Laîche hérissée
- German
- Behaarte Segge
- hsb
- Kosmata rězna
- Latvian
- Pūkainais grīslis
- Macedonian
- Влакнеста острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Lodnestarr
- os
- Тама
- Persian
- کارکس هیرتا
- Polish
- Turzyca owłosiona
- Russian
- Осока мохнатая, Осока волосистая, Осока коротковолосистая
- Swedish
- Grusstarr
- Turkish
- Tüylü ayak otu
- Welsh
- Hesgen flewog
Synonyms
- Carex hirta f. glabrata Peterm.
- Carex hirta f. hirsutissima Podp.
- Carex hirta f. hirtiformis (Pers.) Kunth
- Carex hirta f. latifolia Waisb. ex Kük.
- Carex hirta f. major Peterm.
- Carex hirta f. paludosa A.Winkl. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex hirta f. pseudohirta Schur
- Carex hirta f. spinosa H.Mort.
- Carex hirta f. subhirtiformis Kneuck.
- Carex hirta f. villosa Peterm.
- Carex hirta subsp. hirtiformis K.Richt.
- Carex hirta var. aquatica Waisb.
- Carex hirta var. fuscescentes Lej.
- Carex hirta var. glabra Gaudin
- Carex hirta var. glabrata Boenn.
- Carex hirta var. glabrescens Cariot
- Carex hirta var. hirtiformis (Pers.) Lej.
- Carex hirta var. hirtiformis (Pers.) Mérat
- Carex hirta var. hirtiformis-aquatica Lej.
- Carex hirta var. hirtiformis-terrestris Lej.
- Carex hirta var. humilis Peterm.
- Carex hirta var. pilosa Čelak.
- Carex hirta var. pusilla Merino
- Carex hirta var. repens F.Nyl.
- Carex hirta var. subglabra Čelak.
- Carex hirta var. sublaevis Hornem.
- Carex hirta var. vera Neilr.
- Carex hirtiformis Dalla Torre & Sarnth.
- Carex hirtiformis Pers.
- Carex villosa Stokes
- Trasus hirtus (L.) Gray
- Trasus hirtus var. compositus Gray
- Trasus hirtus var. glaber Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 209 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Matteo Marcandella, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Uliana Bogatyreva, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.