Cyperaceae
Pill sedge
Carex pilulifera
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Асака шарыканосная, Асака Эдэра
- Croatian
- Busenasti šaš
- Czech
- Ostřice kulkonosná
- Danish
- Pille-Star
- Dutch
- Pilzegge
- English
- Pill sedge
- Estonian
- Põngastarn
- Finnish
- Virnasara
- French
- Laîche à pilules
- German
- Pillen-Segge, Pillensegge
- hsb
- Pjenježkata rězna
- Irish
- Cíb na bpaidríní
- Latvian
- Lodvārpu grīslis
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bråtestarr
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Bråtestorr
- Persian
- کارکس پلولیفرا
- Polish
- Turzyca pigułkowata
- Russian
- Осока шариконосная
- Swedish
- Pillerstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока кульконосна
- Welsh
- Hesgen bengron
Synonyms
- Bitteria pilulifera (L.) Fedde & J.Schust.
- Carex pilulifera var. bertolonii Pi.Savi
- Carex triceps Schrank
- Trasus piluliferus (L.) Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:03, 8 May 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:03, 8 May 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lin Hao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: coyle.94j, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jacques MARÉCHAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hollerbusch, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jacques MARÉCHAL, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Clémentine Fromageot, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Michaël MARTINEZ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Chardonneret, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Herbier PONTARLIER-MARICHAL, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.