Cyperaceae
Hanging sedge
Carex pendula
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (21)
- Armenian
- Բոշխ կախված
- arz
- بندولا كاريكس
- Basque
- Ezpata-belar arrunt
- Bulgarian
- Увиснала острица
- Catalan
- Laîche à épis pendants
- Croatian
- Visoki šaš
- Czech
- Ostřice převislá
- Danish
- Kæmpe-Star
- Dutch
- Hangende zegge
- English
- Hanging sedge
- French
- Laîche à épis pendants, Laîche pendante, Laiche pendante, Laiche élevée, Laîche élevée
- German
- Hänge-Segge, Laîche à épis pendants
- hsb
- Wulka rězna
- Irish
- Cíb chrom
- Lithuanian
- Laîche à épis pendants
- Persian
- کارکس پندولا
- Polish
- Turzyca zwisła
- Romanian
- Rogoz suspendat
- Russian
- Осока висячая
- Swedish
- Hängstarr, Laîche à épis pendants
- Welsh
- Hesgen bendrom
Synonyms
- Carex maxima Scop.
- Carex pendula f. pallida Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex tenuirostrata X.F.Jin, S.H.Jin & D.F.Wu
- Manochlaenia pendula (Huds.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Trasus pendulus (Huds.) Gray
- Trasus pendulus var. androgynus Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Press, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Lazarus, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Sankey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emily Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Viktor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.