Cyperaceae
Greater tussock-sedge
Carex paniculata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- كاريكس بانيكولاتا
- Bulgarian
- Метличеста острица
- Catalan
- Laîche Paniculée
- Czech
- Ostřice latnatá, Tuřice latnatá
- Danish
- Top-Star
- Dutch
- Pluimzegge
- English
- Greater tussock-sedge
- Estonian
- Pööristarn
- Finnish
- Lähdesara
- French
- Laîche paniculée
- German
- Rispen-Segge, Laîche Paniculée
- hsb
- Rozlatčena rězna
- Hungarian
- Bugás sás
- Irish
- Cíb thortógach mhór
- Latvian
- Skarainais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Šluotelinė viksva, Laîche Paniculée
- Macedonian
- Метличеста острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Toppstarr
- Persian
- کارکس پانیکالاتا
- Polish
- Turzyca prosowa
- Russian
- Осока метельчатая
- Swedish
- Vippstarr, Laîche Paniculée
- Ukrainian
- Осока волотиста
- Welsh
- Hesgen rafunog fawr
Synonyms
- Carex boenninghauseniana var. subpaniculata Lange
- Carex boenninghausiana var. subpaniculata Lange
- Caricina paniculata (L.) St.-Lag.
- Physiglochis paniculata (L.) Raf.
- Rhynchopera paniculata (L.) Börner
- Rhynchopera paniculata (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Vignea paniculata (L.) Rchb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to July (from 54 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jose Castro, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: gerardbertrand, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:25, 18 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:25, 18 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: purperlibel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: myself, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Claude Kolwelter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: myself, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.