Cyperaceae
Rhynchospora
Rhynchospora rubra
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Rhynchospora
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 刺子莞, 大一箭球, 白喙刺子莞
- English
- Rhynchospora
- Japanese
- イガクサ
Synonyms
- Morisia wallichiana Nees
- Rhynchospora parva (Nees) Steud.
- Rhynchospora wallichii (Nees) Kunth
- Schoenus ruber Lour.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Australia's Virtual Herbarium, Queensland Herbarium, CC BY 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.