Hanging sedge
Carex pendula Huds.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 75 cm
Cyperaceae
Formerly Carex maxima, Carex tenuirostrata, Manochlaenia pendula, Trasus pendulus
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or rhizomatous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Madeira, NW. & C. Europe to Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Spread
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from Royal Horticultural Society, one source
Not known yet: water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Czech
- ostřice převislá
- Danish
- Kæmpe-Star
- German
- Hänge-Segge
- French
- laîche à épis pendants, Laîche à épis pendants, Laîche pendante
- Croatian
- Visoki šaš
- Dutch
- hangende zegge, Hangende zegge
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Royal Horticultural Society, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Carex pendula (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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