Cyperaceae
Floating club-rush
Isolepis fluitans
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Isolepis
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Common names
By language (8)
- Dutch
- Vlottende bies
- English
- Floating club-rush
- Finnish
- Jokiharjasluikka, Kellusluikka
- German
- Flutende Schuppensimse
- hsb
- Žołmjaca syć
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Flytesivaks
- Polish
- Sitniczka pływająca
- Swedish
- Flytsäv
Synonyms
- Clavula fluitans (L.) Dumort.
- Cyperus fluitans (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Dichostylis fluitans (L.) Rchb.
- Eleocharis fluitans (L.) Hook.
- Eleogiton fluitans (L.) Link
- Heleogiton fluitans (L.) Link ex Rchb.
- Schoenoplectus fluitans (L.) Palla
- Scirpidiella fluitans (L.) Rauschert
- Scirpus fluitans L.
- Scirpus fluitans var. fluitans
- Scirpus fluitans var. spadicea C.B.Clarke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dr Mary Gillham Archive Project, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ruppia2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.