Cyperaceae
Bulrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Bolboschoenus
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- ديس بحري
- arz
- ديس بحرى
- Belarusian
- Клубне-чарот марскі
- Bulgarian
- Морски болбосхьонус
- Catalan
- Jonca marítima, Scirpe Maritime
- Chinese
- 海滨三棱草, 海濱三稜草, 三棱草, 多穗藨草
- Czech
- Kamyšník přímořský
- Danish
- Strandkogleaks
- Dutch
- Heen, Zeebies
- English
- Bulrush, Makai sedge, Saltmarsh bulrush, Sea club-rush, Cosmopolitan bulrush, Alkali bulrush
- Estonian
- Meri-mugulkõrkjas
- Finnish
- Merikaisla
- French
- Scirpe maritime
- German
- Gewöhnliche Strandsimse, Gemeine Strandsimse, Scirpe Maritime, Strandbinse, Strandbinsen
- Hawaiian
- Kaluha, Kaluhā, Makai
- Hebrew
- אגמון ימי
- hsb
- Wšědna mórska syć
- Hungarian
- Sziki káka
- Igbo
- Cosmopolitan bulrush, Sea Club-Rush, Cosmopolitan
- Irish
- Bogshifín mara
- Korean
- 매자기
- lah
- موٹی گنڈھ والا موتھا
- Latvian
- Jūrmalas gumumeldrs
- Lithuanian
- Pajūrinis liūnmeldis, Scirpe Maritime
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Havsivaks
- Polish
- Sitowiec nadmorski
- Punjabi
- ਮੋਟੀ ਗੰਢੀ ਵਾਲਾ ਮੋਥਾ
- Romanian
- Rogoz, Șovar
- Russian
- Клубнекамыш морской, Клубнекамыш приморский
- Swedish
- Havssäv, Scirpe Maritime
- Welsh
- Ysbigfrwynen y morfa
- Western Frisian
- Heanen
Synonyms
- Reigera maritima (L.) Opiz
- Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye
- Scirpus maritimus L.
- Scirpus maritimus var. genuinus Godr.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to August (from 174 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: introduced, Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jamie O'Neill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Terry Hunefeld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.