Cyperaceae
Hoppner's sedge
Carex subspathacea
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hoppner's sedge
Synonyms
- Carex aquaticus var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Wahlenb.
- Carex aquatilis subsp. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) K.Richt.
- Carex aquatilis var. nardifolia Wahlenb.
- Carex hoppneri Boott
- Carex nardifolia Wahlenb.
- Carex salina f. nana Trautv.
- Carex salina f. stricta (Drejer) Almq.
- Carex salina subsp. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Nyman
- Carex salina subsp. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Blytt
- Carex salina var. minor Boott
- Carex salina var. pumila Blytt
- Carex salina var. subspathacea (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Tuck.
- Carex subspathacea f. curvata Drejer
- Carex subspathacea f. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr.
- Carex subspathacea f. stricta Drejer
- Carex subspathacea var. nardifolia (Wahlenb.) Fr.
- Carex subspathacea var. planifolia Fr.
- Carex subspathacea var. stricta Drejer
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native
Photos
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, 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.