Cyperaceae
Weak arctic sedge
Carex supina
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- كاريكس سوبينا
- Belarusian
- Асака прысадзістая
- Chinese
- 仰卧薹草, 仰卧苔草
- Czech
- Ostřice drobná, Ostřice stepní
- English
- Weak arctic sedge
- German
- Niedrige Segge
- hsb
- Niska rězna
- Latvian
- Zemais grīslis
- Polish
- Turzyca delikatna
- Russian
- Осока приземистая
Synonyms
- Carex nitida var. supina (Willd. ex Wahlenb.) Fiori
- Carex obesa var. minor Boott
- Carex obtusata var. supina (Willd. ex Wahlenb.) Garcke
- Edritria supina (Willd. ex Wahlenb.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 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.