Cyperaceae
Intermediate sedge
Carex media
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (5)
- Chinese
- 圆穗薹草, 紫鳞薹草, 圆穗苔草
- English
- Intermediate sedge
- Finnish
- Taigasara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Taigastarr
- Swedish
- Taigastarr
Synonyms
- Carex alpina f. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Kük.
- Carex alpina subsp. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) K.Richt.
- Carex alpina var. inferalpina Wahlenb.
- Carex angarae Steud.
- Carex angarae subsp. brachylepis Kalela
- Carex brachylepis Turcz. ex Steud.
- Carex brachylepis Turcz. ex Besser
- Carex norvegica subsp. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Hultén
- Carex norvegica var. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) B.Boivin
- Carex vahlii var. inferalpina (Wahlenb.) Fernald
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
- Sand sedgeCarex arenariaCyperaceae
- Mud sedgeCarex limosaCyperaceae
- Slender tufted-sedgeCarex acutaCyperaceae
- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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). About our plant data.