Cyperaceae
Tuberous bulrush
Bolboschoenus glaucus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Bolboschoenus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Czech
- Kamyšník jižní
- English
- Tuberous bulrush
- French
- Scirpe Glauque
Synonyms
- Bolboschoenus macrostachys (Willd.) Grossh.
- Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. macrostachys (Willd.) Soják
- Bolboschoenus maritimus subsp. tuberosus (Desf.) T.Koyama
- Bolboschoenus maritimus var. macrostachys (Willd.) T.V.Egorova
- Bolboschoenus tuberosus (Desf.) Hadac
- Reigera maritimus var. tuberosus (Desf.) Opiz
- Scirpus glaucus Lam.
- Scirpus macrostachys Willd.
- Scirpus maritimus f. macrostachys (Willd.) Junge
- Scirpus maritimus f. macrostachys (Willd.) Nilsson
- Scirpus maritimus var. glaucus (Lam.) Nees
- Scirpus maritimus var. macrostachys (Willd.) Dumort.
- Scirpus maritimus var. tuberosus (Desf.) Roem. & Schult.
- Scirpus maritimus var. tuberosus (Desf.) Schrad.
- Scirpus tuberosus Desf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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: Rossen Vassilev, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.