Cyperaceae
Greater pond-sedge
Carex riparia
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (26)
- arz
- كاريكس ريباريا
- Belarusian
- Асака берагавая
- Bulgarian
- Брегова острица
- Catalan
- Laîche des Rives
- Chinese
- 泽生苔草, 泽生薹草, 澤生苔草
- cv
- Шырлан хăяхĕ
- Czech
- Ostřice pobřežní
- Dutch
- Oeverzegge
- English
- Greater pond-sedge
- Estonian
- Kallastarn
- Finnish
- Vankkasara
- French
- Laîche des rives
- German
- Ufer-Segge, Ufersegge, Laîche des Rives
- hsb
- Brjohowa rězna
- Kazakh
- Жағалық қияқөлең
- Latvian
- Krasta grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Pakrantinė viksva, Laîche des Rives
- Macedonian
- Крајбрежна острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kjempestarr
- Persian
- کارکس ریپاریا
- Polish
- Turzyca brzegowa
- Romanian
- Rogoz litoral
- Russian
- Осока береговая, Осока приречная
- Slovenian
- Obrežni šaš
- Swedish
- Jättestarr, Laîche des Rives
- Welsh
- Hesgen-y-dŵr fawr
Synonyms
- Carex acuta L.H.Bailey
- Carex acuta Huds.
- Carex acuta subsp. rufa (L.) Ehrh.
- Carex acuta var. rufa L.
- Carex acuta var. sennenii Pau ex Sennen
- Carex bifurca Moench
- Carex crassa Ehrh.
- Carex exaltata Peterm.
- Carex gracilescens (Hartm. ex Andersson) Trautv.
- Carex plumbea (Wahlenb.) Willd.
- Carex riparia f. brevipalea Neuman
- Carex riparia f. flagelliformis Waisb.
- Carex riparia f. furcata J.J.H.Schmidt
- Carex riparia f. humilis (R.Uechtr.) Neuman
- Carex riparia f. multifurcata J.J.H.Schmidt
- Carex riparia f. ramosa Pamp.
- Carex riparia f. reticulosa Torges
- Carex riparia subsp. gracilescens Hartm. ex Andersson
- Carex riparia subsp. riparia
- Carex riparia var. aristata Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex riparia var. claviformis J.J.H.Schmidt
- Carex riparia var. exaltata (Peterm.) Nyman
- Carex riparia var. gracilescens (Hartm. ex Andersson) Lange
- Carex riparia var. humilis R.Uechtr.
- Carex riparia var. inferior Peck
- Carex riparia var. laevigata Peterm.
- Carex riparia var. pseudopaludosa Schur
- Carex riparia var. ramosa L.C.Lamb.
- Carex riparia var. subgracilescens Kük.
- Carex ruffa Brot.
- Carex secalina Lapeyr.
- Carex sennenii (Pau ex Sennen) Sennen
- Carex striata Gilib.
- Carex vacillans Steud.
- Carex vesicaria subsp. plumbea Wahlenb.
- Carex vesicaria var. plumbea Wahlenb.
- Carex watsonii Olney
- Trasus riparius (Curtis) Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 42 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Barry Walter, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: guywallbanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kian Hayles-Cotton, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maria Kohanovskaya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: HermannSchachner, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, 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). About our plant data.