Cyperaceae
Cyperus sedge
Carex pseudocyperus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Асака ілжывая сыць
- Catalan
- Laîche Faux Souchet
- Chinese
- 似莎薹草, 似莎苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice nedošáchor, Ostřice pašáchor
- Danish
- Knippe-star
- Dutch
- Hoge cyperzegge
- English
- Cyperus sedge, Cypress-like sedge
- Estonian
- Kraavtarn
- Finnish
- Varstasara
- French
- Laîche faux souchet, Laîche faux-souchet, Laiche faux souchet
- German
- Scheinzypergras-Segge, Zypergrassegge, Laîche Faux Souchet, Scheinzyperngras-Segge
- hsb
- Dołhopluwita rězna
- Latvian
- Dižmeldru grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Laîche Faux Souchet
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dronningstarr
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Dronningstorr, Donningstorr
- Persian
- کارکس پسدوکیپروس
- Polish
- Turzyca nibyciborowata
- Russian
- Осока ложносытевая, Осока ложно-сыть, Осока ложносытевидная, Осока сытевидная
- Swedish
- Slokstarr, Laîche Faux Souchet
- Ukrainian
- Осока несправжньосмикавцева
Synonyms
- Carex pseudocyperus f. pseudocyperus
- Trasus chlorostachyos Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 51 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: preinzi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Barry Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Steven Lamonde, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:04, 26 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Picture taken by Marcus Cyron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Владимир Дворкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Picture taken by Marcus Cyron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dustin Snider, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Carex
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- Mud sedgeCarex limosaCyperaceae
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- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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.