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Carex scirpoidea
Also called Canada Single Spike Sedge, Canadian Single Spike Sedge, Northern Single Spike Sedge, Rush Like Sedge, Scirpus Sedge, Scirpus Like Sedge, Single Spike Sedge
Northern singlespike sedge is a small, tufted perennial sedge of cold northern and alpine habitats, grown mainly by specialist gardeners and in rock gardens. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, and it needs cool conditions and good drainage to thrive.
Carex scirpoidea is a species of sedge belonging to the family Cyperaceae. It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Its native range is Norway (Solvågtind), Russia (Siberia and far eastern Russia), Greenland, Canada and the US.
Carex abitibiana · Indian Valley sedge · Abruptbeak sedge · Thicket sedge · Small Dusky Sedge · Seoul Sedge · Acid Loving Sedge · Carex acocksii · Slender Tufted-sedge · Carex acutata · Lesser pond sedge · Circumpolar sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carex scirpoidea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
