Cyperaceae
Broom sedge
Carex scoparia
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Broom sedge
- Persian
- کارکس اسکپاریا
Synonyms
- Carex lagopodioides var. scoparia Boeckeler
- Carex leporina Michx.
- Carex ovalis Willd. ex Kunth
- Carex scoparia f. condensa (Fernald) Kük.
- Carex scoparia f. elatior Peck
- Carex scoparia f. moniliformis (Tuck.) Kük.
- Carex scoparia f. peracuta Fernald
- Carex scoparia f. scoparia
- Carex scoparia f. subturbinata (Fernald & Wiegand) Fernald
- Carex scoparia f. tenerrima Kük.
- Carex scoparia var. aggregata Dewey
- Carex scoparia var. condensa Fernald
- Carex scoparia var. moniliformis Tuck.
- Carex scoparia var. scoparia
- Carex scoparia var. subturbinata Fernald & Wiegand
- Carex scoparia var. vera Tuck.
- Carex tribuloides var. moniliformis (Tuck.) Britton
- Loncoperis scoparia (Schkuhr ex Willd.) Raf.
- Vignea scoparia (Schkuhr ex Willd.) Rchb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
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Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, 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.