Cyperaceae
Smooth-stalked sedge
Carex laevigata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (10)
- Catalan
- Laîche lisse
- Dutch
- Gladde zegge
- English
- Smooth-stalked sedge
- French
- Laîche lisse
- German
- Glatte Segge, Laîche lisse
- hsb
- Hładka rězna
- Lithuanian
- Laîche lisse
- Persian
- کارکس لائویگاتا
- Swedish
- Laîche lisse
- Welsh
- Hesgen lefn
Synonyms
- Carex andalusica H.Lindb.
- Carex andalusica (H.Lindb.) A.W.Hill
- Carex biligularis DC.
- Carex binervis Dewey
- Carex flacciformis Hoffmanns. ex Kunth
- Carex helodes f. biligularis (DC.) Kük.
- Carex helodes subsp. andalusica H.Lindb.
- Carex helodes var. maurusia Font Quer & Maire
- Carex laevigata f. biligularis (DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex laevigata var. biligularis (DC.) Nyman
- Carex laevigata var. biligularis (DC.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex laevigata var. maurusia (Font Quer & Maire) C.Vicioso
- Carex laevigata var. welwitschii (Boiss. ex Steud.) Boott
- Carex longirostris Krock.
- Carex patula Schkuhr
- Carex pendula subsp. welwitschii (Boiss. ex Steud.) K.Richt.
- Carex schraderi Willd.
- Carex welwitschii Boiss. ex Steud.
- Edritria laevigata (Sm.) Raf.
- Trasus laevigatus (Sm.) Gray
Photos
FruitPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Celestino Quintela Sabarís, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daniel Castanhal García, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Le Mao, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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). About our plant data.