Cyperaceae
Low bulrush
Isolepis cernua
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Isolepis
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- حلال
- Chinese
- 垂枝细莞, 孔雀蔺
- English
- Low bulrush, Slender club-rush
- French
- Scirpe Incliné
- Japanese
- フサハリイ
- Kannada
- ಐಸೊಲೆಪಿಸ್ ಗ್ರಾಸಿಲಿಸ್
- Polish
- Sitniczka zwisła, Sitowie domowe, Sitowie przegięte, Sitowie zwisłe
- Welsh
- Clwbfrwynen fain
Synonyms
- Cyperus pumilio Steud.
- Eleogiton cernua (Vahl) A.Dietr.
- Schoenoplectus cernuus (Vahl) Hayek
- Schoenus nitens Poir.
- Scirpus cernuus Vahl
- Scirpus setaceus var. pygmaeus (Kunth) Boeck.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 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: 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: 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.