Cyperaceae
Red bulrush
Blysmus rufus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Blysmus
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- بليسموس روفوس
- Chinese
- 大果扁穗草, 内蒙古扁穗草
- Dutch
- Rode bies
- English
- Red bulrush, Saltmarsh flat-sedge
- Estonian
- Tõmmu soonerohi
- Finnish
- Ruskokaisla
- French
- Scirpe roux
- German
- Rote Quellbinse, Rotbraunes Quellried
- hsb
- Čerwjena rězanka
- Japanese
- スゲモドキ
- Latvian
- Rūsganā blizme
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rustsivaks
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Rustsivaks, Rustsevaks
- Polish
- Ostrzew rudy
- Russian
- Поточник рыжий
- Swedish
- Rödsäv
- Vietnamese
- Hến biển, Cỏ năng lượng
- Welsh
- Corsfrwynen y morfa
Synonyms
- Blysmopsis rufa (Huds.) Oteng-Yeb.
- Blysmus bifolius Nyman
- Blysmus exilis (Printz) N.A.Ivanova
- Blysmus rufus subsp. exilis Printz
- Blysmus rufus var. balticus Rchb.
- Blysmus rufus var. bifolius (Wallr.) Nyman
- Chaetospora rufa (Huds.) Gray
- Cyperus rufus (Huds.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Nomochloa rufa (Huds.) Beetle
- Nomochloa rufa var. neogaea (Fernald) Beetle
- Schoenus brunneus Sol. ex Roem. & Schult.
- Schoenus ferrugineus Huds.
- Schoenus rufus Huds.
- Schoenus rufus var. major Hartm.
- Scirpus bifolius Wallr.
- Scirpus littoralis Flüggé ex Rchb.
- Scirpus rufus (Huds.) Schrad.
- Scirpus rufus f. balticus (Fr.) Nilsson
- Scirpus rufus f. bifolius (Wallr.) Nilsson
- Scirpus rufus subsp. exilis Printz
- Scirpus rufus var. balticus Fr.
- Scirpus rufus var. neogaeus Fernald
- Scirpus wallrothii Bernh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:41, 28 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.