Cyperaceae
Obtuse sedge
Carex obtusata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 北薹草, 北苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice přítupá
- English
- Obtuse sedge
- Finnish
- Tylppösara
- German
- Stumpfe Segge
- hsb
- Tupa rězna
- Persian
- کارکس ابتوساتا
- Russian
- Осока притуплённая, Осока притупленная
- Swedish
- Trubbstarr
Synonyms
- Carex affinis R.Br.
- Carex backiana Dewey
- Carex decipiens Turcz.
- Carex leucoglochin Ehrh. ex Wahlenb.
- Carex microcephala C.A.Mey.
- Carex obesa var. monostachya Boeckeler
- Carex obtusata f. bracteata Neuman
- Carex obtusata f. spicata Kük.
- Carex obtusata subf. bracteata Peterm.
- Carex obtusata subf. capitata Peterm.
- Carex obtusata subf. cuspidata Peterm.
- Carex obtusata subf. oblonga Peterm.
- Carex spicata Schkuhr
- Carex wohllebii Hoppe
- Genersichia obtusata (Lilj.) Heuff.
- Psyllophora obtusata (Lilj.) Schur
Flowers
- In flower
- June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dr. Killer, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.