Cyperaceae
Sparse-flowered sedge
Carex tenuiflora
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 细花薹草, 细花苔草
- English
- Sparse-flowered sedge, Sparseflower sedge
- Finnish
- Viitasara
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Trillingstarr
- Russian
- Осока тонкоцветковая
- Swedish
- Tågstarr
Synonyms
- Carex arrhyncha Franch.
- Carex leucolepis Turcz. ex Steud.
- Carex tenuiflora var. arrhyncha (Franch.) Kük.
- Carex tenuiflora var. setacea Kük.
- Vignea tenuiflora (Wahlenb.) Soják
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Allan Harris, CC0, 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.