Cyperaceae
White beaksedge
Rhynchospora alba
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (21)
- Belarusian
- Чаротнік белы
- Chinese
- 白穗刺子莞, 白鱗刺子莞, 白鳞刺子莞, 新竹莞
- Czech
- Hrotnosemenka bílá
- Danish
- Hvid Næbfrø
- Dutch
- Witte snavelbies
- English
- White beaksedge, White beak-sedge, Beaked rush
- Estonian
- Valge nokkhein
- Finnish
- Valkopiirtoheinä
- French
- Rhynchoscope blanc
- German
- Weißes Schnabelried
- Hungarian
- Fehér tőzegkáka
- Irish
- Gobsheisc
- Japanese
- ミカヅキグサ
- Latvian
- Parastais baltmeldrs
- Lithuanian
- Baltoji saidra
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hvitmyrak
- Polish
- Przygiełka biała
- Russian
- Очеретник белый
- Swedish
- Vitag
- Tatar
- Ак томшыклы орлык
- Welsh
- Corsfrwynen wen
Synonyms
- Dichromena alba (L.) J.F.Macbr.
- Mariscus albus (L.) Gilib.
- Phaeocephalum album (L.) House
- Rhynchospora alba f. alba
- Rhynchospora alba f. laeviseta Gale
- Rhynchospora alba var. kiusiana Makino
- Rhynchospora luquillensis Britton
- Schoenus albus L.
- Scirpus albus (L.) Salisb.
- Triodon albus (L.) Farw.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Elke Freese, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elke Freese, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Hajotthu 11:30, 16. Aug. 2009, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.