Cyperaceae
Livid sedge
Carex livida
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (6)
- English
- Livid sedge, Pale sedge
- Finnish
- Vaaleasara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Blystarr
- Persian
- کارکس لیویدا
- Russian
- Осока свинцово-зелёная, Осока свинцовая, Осока свинцово-зеленая, Осока сизо-зелёная, Осока синеватая
- Swedish
- Vitstarr
Synonyms
- Carex confertospicata Boeckeler
- Carex fujidae Kudô
- Carex fujitae Kudô
- Carex grayana Dewey
- Carex limosa var. livida Wahlenb.
- Carex livida var. grayana (Dewey) Fernald
- Carex livida var. livida
- Carex livida var. radicalis Paine
- Carex livida var. rufinaeformis Fernald
- Carex livida var. typica Fernald
- Carex lividulla Nakai
- Edritria livida (Wahlenb.) Raf.
Flowers
- 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
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.