Cyperaceae
Fewseeded bog sedge
Carex microglochin
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (13)
- Chinese
- 尖苞苔草, 尖苞薹草
- English
- Fewseeded bog sedge
- Finnish
- Sukassara
- German
- Kleine Grannen-Segge, Kleingrannige Segge
- hsb
- Krótkojehlinkata rězna
- Icelandic
- Broddastör
- Lithuanian
- Viksva šerpetūnė
- Mongolian
- Бяцхан сахалт улалж
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Agnorstarr
- Polish
- Turzyca drobnozadziorkowa
- Russian
- Осока мелкоостренниковая, Осока мелкоостренник, Осока мелкострельник
- Swedish
- Borststarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen wrychog
Synonyms
- Carex lyonii Boott
- Carex microglochin subsp. microglochin
- Carex pauciflora Balb. ex Boott
- Carex pauciflora var. microglochin (Wahlenb.) Poir.
- Carex pauciflora var. microglochin (Wahlenb.) Poir. ex Lam.
- Caricinella microglochin (Wahlenb.) St.-Lag.
- Kobresia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Tang & W.T.Wang
- Uncinia europaea J.Gay
- Uncinia microglochin (Wahlenb.) Spreng.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Fewseeded bog sedge: Description Carex microglochin Wahlenb.[Dét. : A.Poirel] Localisation Peisey-Nancroix](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Carex_microglochin_Wahlenb_000107277O.jpg/1280px-Carex_microglochin_Wahlenb_000107277O.jpg)
Photo: Alain POIREL [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, 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.