Cyperaceae
Prickly sedge
Carex spicata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (19)
- arz
- كاريكس سبيكاتا
- Belarusian
- Асака каласістая
- Bulgarian
- Класовидна острица
- Czech
- Ostřice klasnatá, Tuřice klasnatá
- Dutch
- Gewone bermzegge
- English
- Prickly sedge, Spiked sedge
- Estonian
- Lakktarn
- Finnish
- Hakarasara
- French
- Laîche en épi
- German
- Stachel-Segge, Dichtährige Segge
- hsb
- Hustokłóskata rězna
- Latvian
- Vārpainais grīslis
- Macedonian
- Класовидна острика
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Tettstarr
- Persian
- کارکس اسپیکاتا
- Polish
- Turzyca ściśniona
- Russian
- Осока колосистая
- Swedish
- Piggstarr
- Welsh
- Hesgen ysbigog borffor
Synonyms
- Carex fumosa Rouy
- Carex lumnitzeri Rouy
- Carex muricata var. mediterranea Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex pairae subsp. lumnitzeri Soó
- Carex spicata f. fumosa (Gren. & Godr.) Soó
- Vignea spicata (Huds.) Soják
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Георгий Виноградов (Georgy Vinogradov), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 06:33, 2 July 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KAnatoliy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleksandr Shynder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Татьяна Максимова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert H. Wardell, CC0, 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.