Cyperaceae
Ryegrass sedge
Carex loliacea
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (16)
- Arabic
- سعادي زواني
- arz
- سعادى زوانى
- Belarusian
- Асака жыцікавая
- Chinese
- 间穗薹草, 间穗苔草
- English
- Ryegrass sedge
- Estonian
- Lodutarn
- Finnish
- Korpisara
- German
- Lolch-Segge
- hsb
- Sučkata rězna
- Latvian
- Aireņu grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Nubbestarr
- Polish
- Turzyca życicowa
- Russian
- Осока плевельная, Осока плевеловидная
- Swedish
- Repestarr
- Tatar
- Тиле бодайсыман күрән, Күлчәсыман күрән
- Ukrainian
- Осока пажитницева
Synonyms
- Carex loliacea f. subtenella Norm.
- Carex quaternaria Spreng.
- Carex sibirica Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex tenuiflora Hartm. ex Kunth
- Leptovignea loliacea (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Neskiza loliacea (L.) Raf.
- Vignea loliacea (L.) Rchb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: LinnGustavsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Allan Harris, CC0, 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.