Cyperaceae
Naked sedge
Carex nudata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Naked sedge
Synonyms
- Carex acutina L.H.Bailey
- Carex aperta var. angustifolia Boott
- Carex bishallii C.B.Clarke
- Carex hallii L.H.Bailey
- Carex nudata f. firmior Kük.
- Carex nudata f. sessiliflora Kük.
- Carex nudata subsp. versuta Piper
- Carex nudata var. angustifolia (Boott) L.H.Bailey
- Carex nudata var. anomala L.H.Bailey
- Carex nudata var. versuta Piper
- Carex pulchella Holm
- Carex suborbiculata Mack.
- Carex tenacissima Suksd.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daniel Levitis, 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.