Cyperaceae
Round sedge
Carex rotundata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Round sedge, Round-fruited sedge
- Finnish
- Aapasara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rundstarr
- Swedish
- Rundstarr
Synonyms
- Carex ampullacea subsp. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Andersson
- Carex melozitnensis A.E.Porsild
- Carex rostrata subsp. rotundata Kük.
- Carex rostrata subsp. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Neuman
- Carex rotundata f. laeta Norm.
- Carex rotundata f. pallida Montell
- Carex rotundata f. viridis Montell
- Carex rotundata var. sommeri Christ
- Carex ruesanensis Kudô
- Carex saxatilis var. rotundata (Wahlenb.) Gelting
- Onkerma rotundata (Wahlenb.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valerii Glazunov, CC BY 4.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.