Cyperaceae
Curly sedge
Carex rupestris
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (15)
- arz
- كاريكس روبيستريس
- Bulgarian
- Скална острица
- Catalan
- Càrex rupestre
- Czech
- Ostřice skalní
- English
- Curly sedge
- Finnish
- Kalliosara
- German
- Felsen-Segge
- hsb
- Skalna rězna
- Icelandic
- Móastör
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bergstarr
- Polish
- Turzyca skalna
- Russian
- Осока скальная, Осока наскальная
- Swedish
- Klippstarr
- Ukrainian
- Осока скельна
- Welsh
- Hesgen y graig
Synonyms
- Carex rupestris var. rupestris
- Caricinella rupestris (All.) St.-Lag.
- Edritria rupestris (All.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fabien Anthelme, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.