Cyperaceae
Mud sedge
Carex limosa
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- سعادي وحلي
- arz
- سعادى وحلى
- Belarusian
- Асака багнавая
- Bulgarian
- Тинеста острица
- Catalan
- Laîche des bourbiers
- Chinese
- 湿生苔草, 湿生薹草, 濕生苔草
- csb
- Pùsznica
- Czech
- Ostřice bažinná, Ostřice mokřadní
- Danish
- Dynd-Star
- Dutch
- Slijkzegge
- English
- Mud sedge
- Estonian
- Mudatarn
- Finnish
- Mutasara
- French
- Laîche des bourbiers, Laîche des tourbières, Laîche des vases
- German
- Schlamm-Segge, Laîche des bourbiers, Schlammsegge
- hsb
- Błótowa rězna
- Japanese
- ヤチスゲ
- Latvian
- Dūkstu grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Svyruoklinė viksva, Laîche des bourbiers
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dystarr
- Persian
- کارکس لیموسا
- Polish
- Turzyca bagienna
- Russian
- Осока топяная
- Slovenian
- Kalužni šaš
- Swedish
- Dystarr, Laîche des bourbiers
- Ukrainian
- Осока багнова
- Welsh
- Hesgen eurwerdd
Synonyms
- Carex elegans Willd.
- Carex fuscocuprea (Kük.) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex glaucocarpa St.-Lag.
- Carex laxa Dewey
- Carex limosa f. angustisquama Holmb.
- Carex limosa f. laxiformis Lackow.
- Carex limosa f. longivaginata H.Lindb. ex Hiitonen
- Carex limosa f. obscura Holmb.
- Carex limosa f. pauciflora Asch.
- Carex limosa f. robustior Lackow.
- Carex limosa f. stans Bolle
- Carex limosa var. fuscocuprea Kük.
- Carex limosa var. oblonga Dewey
- Carex limosa var. painei Dewey
- Carex limosa var. planifolia Kohts
- Facolos limosa (L.) Raf.
- Trasus limosus (L.) Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 49 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
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: Bryce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: aarongunnar, 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: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: A.Poirel, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hugues TINGUY, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.