Cyperaceae
Beaked sedge
Carex rostrata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- سعادي منقاري
- arz
- سعادى منقارى
- Belarusian
- Асака ўспухлая
- Bulgarian
- Човчеста острица
- Chinese
- 灰株苔草, 灰株薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice zobánkatá
- Dutch
- Snavelzegge
- English
- Beaked sedge, Bottle sedge
- Estonian
- Pudeltarn
- Finnish
- Pullosara
- French
- Laîche à bec
- German
- Schnabel-Segge, Schnabelsegge
- hsb
- Pyskata rězna
- Hungarian
- Csőrös sás
- Icelandic
- Tjarnastör
- Japanese
- カラフトカサスゲ
- Latvian
- Uzpūstais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Snapuotoji viksva
- Macedonian
- Клунеста острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flaskestarr
- Persian
- کارکس رستراتا
- Polish
- Turzyca dzióbkowata
- Russian
- Осока носиковая, Осока бутыльчатая, Осока вздутая, Осока клювовидная, Осока кругловатая, Осока носатая
- Swedish
- Flaskstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока здута
- Welsh
- Hesgen ylfinfain
Synonyms
- Carex ampullacea Gooden.
- Carex rostrata f. rostrata
- Carex rostrata f. sparangiformis Murr
- Trasus ampullaceus Gray
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 117 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- brown (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Алексей Ябс, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jens Ullenius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:01, 13 July 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Opioła Jerzy, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Марина Садыкова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Carex
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- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
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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.