Carex echinata Murray, 1770 37% complete

Star sedge

Prodr. Stirp. Gott.: 76 (1770)

Data sources

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Sourced13 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Murray No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Prodr. Stirp. Gott.: 76 (1770) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1770 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Star sedge No source recorded
Source not recorded
Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere, Sumatera, New Guinea, SE. Australia, New Zealand No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 29 cm
  • 28.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 28.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
  • Superseded 28.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
  • Superseded hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 10 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Flower color green
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Foliage color empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Foliage texture fine
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Fruit color brown, yellow
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded brown, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882
  • Superseded brown, yellow · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 92, 882
Sourced
Fruit shape nut
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Growth rate empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Maximum height 40 cm
  • 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
  • Superseded 40 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 92, 164, 178, 468, 500, 818, 898, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months jan, may
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 164, 178, 818, 882, 918
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 164, 178, 818, 882, 918
  • Superseded perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 92, 164, 178, 818, 882, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
  • Superseded 8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Nitrogen fixation None
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
  • Superseded 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
2 earlier or rejected values
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
  • Superseded 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-09-17
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 20 cm
2 earlier or rejected values
Sourced
Other
Propagation method —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Salt tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Shade tolerance —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Soil ph indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record
Temperature indicator —
2 earlier or rejected values
Not on the record