Cyperaceae
Dwarf sedge
Carex pumila
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 小海米, 矮生薹草, 矮生苔草
- English
- Dwarf sedge
- Japanese
- コウボウシバ
Synonyms
- Anithista littorea (Labill.) Raf.
- Carex forbesii C.B.Clarke
- Carex fusca Sol. ex Boott
- Carex krullii Boeckeler
- Carex littorea Labill.
- Carex nutans var. japonica Franch. & Sav.
- Carex nutans var. platyrhyncha (Franch. & Sav.) Kük.
- Carex nutans var. pumila (Thunb.) Boeckeler
- Carex platyrhyncha Franch. & Sav.
- Carex platyrhyncha French. & Savat.
- Carex pumila subsp. littorea (Labill.) Kük.
- Carex pumila var. forbesii (C.B.Clarke) Kük.
- Carex pumila var. pumila
- Carex pumila var. urvillei (Brongn.) Kük.
- Carex sepulta Phil.
- Carex urvillei Brongn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
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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.