Cyperaceae
Showy sedge
Carex spectabilis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Carex spectabilisCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Showy sedge
- Persian
- کارکس اسپکتابیلیس
Synonyms
- Carex invisa L.H.Bailey
- Carex melastoma Fisch. ex Boott
- Carex nigella Boott
- Carex spectabilis f. alpina Holm
- Carex spectabilis f. chrysantha Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. elegantula Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. gelida Holm
- Carex spectabilis var. superba Holm
- Carex tolmiei Boott
- Carex tolmiei var. invisa (L.H.Bailey) Kük.
- Carex tolmiei var. nigella (Boott) L.H.Bailey
- Carex tolmiei var. nigella (Boott) Kük.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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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.