Cyperaceae
Sheathed sedge
Carex vaginata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Carex
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Common names
By language (19)
- arz
- كاريكس فاجيناتا
- Belarusian
- Асака похвенная
- Chinese
- 少花薹草, 鞘状薹草
- Czech
- Ostřice pochvatá
- English
- Sheathed sedge
- Estonian
- Tupptarn
- Finnish
- Tuppisara
- German
- Scheiden-Segge
- hsb
- Chudokwětna rězna
- Latvian
- Makstainais grīslis
- Lithuanian
- Makštinė viksva
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Slirestarr
- Persian
- کارکس واجیناتا
- Polish
- Turzyca luźnokwiatowa
- Russian
- Осока влагалищная, Осока рассеянноцветковая
- Swedish
- Slidstarr
- Tatar
- Җиңсәле күрән
- Ukrainian
- Осока піхвова
- Welsh
- Hesgen weiniog
Synonyms
- Carex panicea subsp. vaginata (Tausch) Rouy
- Carex sparsiflora subsp. altocaulis Kük.
- Carex vaginata f. distracta Norm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matti Virtala, 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.