Cyperaceae
Broad blysmus
Blysmus compressus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Blysmus
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Common names
By language (13)
- Catalan
- Souchet Comprimé
- Chinese
- 扁穗草
- Czech
- Skřípinka smáčknutá
- Dutch
- Platte bies
- English
- Broad blysmus, Flat-sedge
- Finnish
- Litteäkaisla
- French
- Souchet Comprimé, Scirpe comprimé
- German
- Flaches Quellbinse, Platthalm-Quellried, Flaches Quellried, Souchet Comprimé, Zusammengedrücktes Quellried
- Lithuanian
- Souchet Comprimé
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Flatsevaks
- Polish
- Ostrzew spłaszczony
- Swedish
- Souchet Comprimé
- Tatar
- Кысылган блисмус
Synonyms
- Aplostemon compressus (L.) Raf.
- Blysmopsis compressus (L.) Oteng-Yeb.
- Blysmus distichus Friche-Joset & Montandon
- Chaetospora compressa (L.) Gray
- Heleogiton compressa (L.) Peterm.
- Nomochloa compressa (L.) Beetle
- Schoenus compressus L.
- Scirpus compressus (L.) Pers.
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 14:40, 27 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:41, 28 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: baranskyalexander, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: alexandre maccaud, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alvaro Delgado, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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). About our plant data.