Cyperaceae
Curved sedge
Carex maritima
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (8)
- Danish
- Krum Star
- English
- Curved sedge
- Finnish
- Käyräsara
- German
- Binsenblättrige Segge
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Buestarr
- Russian
- Осока приморская, Осока поморская
- Swedish
- Bågstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen grom
Synonyms
- Carex amphilogos K.Koch
- Carex banata Sm.
- Carex bucculenta V.I.Krecz.
- Carex camptotropa V.I.Krecz.
- Carex incurva Lightf.
- Carex incurva f. erecta O.Lang
- Carex incurva f. pallens Kük.
- Carex incurva prol. leveillei (Husn.) Rouy
- Carex incurva subsp. leveillei Husn.
- Carex incurva var. chartacea Kük.
- Carex incurva var. erecta Lang
- Carex incurva var. inflata Simmons
- Carex incurva var. pratensis Hartm.
- Carex incurva var. setina Christ
- Carex jucunda V.I.Krecz.
- Carex juncifolia All.
- Carex leveillei Husnot
- Carex maritima f. inflata (Simmons) Polunin
- Carex maritima subsp. setina (Christ) T.V.Egorova
- Carex maritima subsp. yukonensis A.E.Porsild
- Carex maritima var. maritima
- Carex maritima var. setina (Christ) Fernald
- Carex orthocaula V.I.Krecz.
- Carex psychroluta V.I.Krecz.
- Carex setina (Christ) V.I.Krecz.
- Carex stenophylla L.Thienem. ex Boott
- Carex transmarina V.I.Krecz.
- Caricina incurva (Lightf.) St.-Lag.
- Olotrema juncifolia (All.) Raf.
- Rhaptocalymna incurva (Lightf.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Vignea incurva (Lightf.) Rchb.
- Vignea maritima (Gunnerus) Rchb.
- Vignea maritima subsp. setina (Christ) Soják
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E Wusk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY 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.