Cyperaceae
Woollyfruit sedge
Carex lasiocarpa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- كاريكس لاسيوكاربا
- Belarusian
- Асака валасістаплодная
- Bulgarian
- Влакнестоплодна острица
- Chinese
- 毛苔草, 毛薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice plstnatoplodá
- Dutch
- Draadzegge
- English
- Woollyfruit sedge, Slender sedge
- Estonian
- Niitjas tarn
- Finnish
- Jouhisara
- French
- Laîche filiforme
- German
- Faden-Segge, Behaartfrüchtige Segge
- hsb
- Nitkojta rězna
- Hungarian
- Gyapjasmagvú sás
- Latvian
- Pūkaugļu grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Laiboji viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trådstarr
- Persian
- کارکس لاسیکارپا
- Polish
- Turzyca nitkowata
- Russian
- Осока волосистоплодная, Осока войлочная, Осока Коидзуми войлочная, Осока косматоплодная, Осока косматоплодная войлочная, Осока нитевидная, Осока шершавоплодная
- Swedish
- Trådstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen fain
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 35 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Solomiya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Татьяна Горбушина, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Celina Waldron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Mary Krieger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Steven Whitebread, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yoan MARTIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
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- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
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Sources: classification 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.