Cyperaceae
Host sedge
Carex hostiana
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (15)
- Belarusian
- Асака Хоста
- Czech
- Ostřice Hostova
- Dutch
- Blonde zegge
- English
- Host sedge, Tawny sedge
- Estonian
- Ääristarn
- Finnish
- Hostinsara, Suolasara
- French
- Laîche blonde
- German
- Saum-Segge, Hosts Segge
- hsb
- Čerwjenobruna rězna
- Latvian
- Hosta grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Engstarr
- Polish
- Turzyca Hosta
- Slovenian
- Hostov šaš
- Swedish
- Ängsstarr, Ängstarr, Österbottensstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen felynllwyd
Synonyms
- Carex armena Boiss.
- Carex biformis F.W.Schultz
- Carex biformis var. fertilis F.W.Schultz
- Carex distans var. hostiana (DC.) Fiori
- Carex fulva Host
- Carex fulva var. subsalsa (Nyman) Nyman
- Carex fulvescens Mack.
- Carex greeniana Dewey
- Carex halophila Heuff.
- Carex hornschuchiana Hoppe
- Carex hornschuchiana f. approximata Murr
- Carex hornschuchiana f. atrata Buchenau
- Carex hornschuchiana f. discolor Vollm.
- Carex hornschuchiana f. longibracteata Peterm.
- Carex hornschuchiana f. remota Peterm.
- Carex hornschuchiana f. subdistans Neuman
- Carex hornschuchiana subsp. eckeroeensis H.Lindb. & Palmgr.
- Carex hornschuchiana subsp. eckeroeensis (H.Lindb. & Palmgr.) Lindm.
- Carex hornschuchiana subsp. subsalsa (Nyman) K.Richt.
- Carex hornschuchiana var. angustifolia Gaudin
- Carex hornschuchiana var. fulva Nyman
- Carex hornschuchiana var. laurentiana Fernald & Wiegand
- Carex hostiana var. eckeroeensis (H.Lindb. & Palmgr.) Hyl.
- Carex hostiana var. hostiana
- Carex hostiana var. laurentiana (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald & Wiegand
- Carex speirostachya Sw. ex Sm.
- Carex subsalsa Nyman
- Carex trigona All.
- Trasus fulvus Gray
- Trasus hostianus (DC.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Klemen Eler, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Gerhard Nitter, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.