Cyperaceae
Northwest Territory sedge
Carex utriculata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Northwest Territory sedge, Beaked sedge, Bottle sedge, Common yellow lake sedge
- Latvian
- Knābja grīslis
- Persian
- کارکس آتریکالاتا
- Russian
- Осока мешочковая, Осока мешёчковая
Synonyms
- Carex ampullacea var. utriculata (Boott) J.Carey
- Carex bullata subsp. laevirostris (Blytt ex Fr.) Fr.
- Carex bullata var. laevirostris Blytt ex Fr.
- Carex inflata var. utriculata (Boott) Druce
- Carex laevirostris (Blytt ex Fr.) Andersson
- Carex laevirostris (Blytt ex Fr.) Fr.
- Carex laevirostris f. gracilior Kük.
- Carex massonii Cay. & Lepage
- Carex rhynchophysa Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Carex robusta F.Nyl.
- Carex rostrata f. minor (Boott) Kük.
- Carex rostrata subsp. utriculata (Boott) R.Knapp
- Carex rostrata subsp. utriculata (Boott) Asch. & Graebn.
- Carex rostrata var. utriculata (Boott) L.H.Bailey
- Carex utriculata var. globosa Olney
- Carex utriculata var. minor Boott
- Carex utriculata var. sparsiflora Dewey
- Carex ventricosa Franch.
- Carex vesicaria subsp. lacustris Th.Fr.
- Carex vesicaria var. utriculata (Boott) Dewey
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thayne Tuason, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, 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.