Cyperaceae
Hawai'i birdcatching sedge
Carex uncinata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Hawai'i birdcatching sedge
Synonyms
- Carex hamosa Thouars
- Uncinia alopecuroides Colenso
- Uncinia australis Pers.
- Uncinia bractata Colenso
- Uncinia lindleyana Kunth
- Uncinia pedicellata Kük.
- Uncinia polyneura Colenso
- Uncinia rigidula Steud.
- Uncinia scaberrima Nees
- Uncinia uncinata (L.f.) Kük.
- Uncinia uncinata var. laxior Carse
- Uncinia uncinata var. pedicellata (Kük.) Petrie
- Uncinia uncinata var. uliginosa Skottsb.
Photos

Photo: Rudolph89, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Carex
- Sand sedgeCarex arenariaCyperaceae
- Mud sedgeCarex limosaCyperaceae
- Slender tufted-sedgeCarex acutaCyperaceae
- Star sedgeCarex echinataCyperaceae
- Heath sedgeCarex flaccaCyperaceae
- Common sedgeCarex nigraCyperaceae
- European woodland sedgeCarex sylvaticaCyperaceae
- Tufted sedgeCarex elataCyperaceae
- Hairy sedgeCarex hirtaCyperaceae
- Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformisCyperaceae
- Woollyfruit sedgeCarex lasiocarpaCyperaceae
- Greater tussock-sedgeCarex paniculataCyperaceae
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). About our plant data.