Cyperaceae
Rock bulrush
Schoenoplectiella juncoides
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectiella
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![Rock bulrush: Kaluhā or Rock bulrush [syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides] Cyperaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) NPH00003 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/v](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285187939987%29.jpg/1280px-Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285187939987%29.jpg)
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 萤蔺, 帝汶藨草, 螢藺, 大井氏水莞, 野马蹄草
- English
- Rock bulrush
- Punjabi
- ਮੋਰਲੋ
Synonyms
- Hymenochaeta juncoides (Roxb.) Nakai
- Schoenoplectiella juncoides var. rockii (Kük.) Hayas.
- Schoenoplectus juncoides (Roxb.) Palla
- Schoenoplectus juncoides subsp. ockii (Kük.) Soják
- Schoenoplectus juncoides subsp. ohwianus (T.Koyama) Soják
- Schoenoplectus juncoides subsp. rockii (Kük.) Soják
- Schoenoplectus ohwianus (T.Koyama) Holub
- Scirpus donianus Spreng.
- Scirpus junciformis Nees
- Scirpus juncoides Roxb.
- Scirpus juncoides var. ohwianus (T.Koyama) T.Koyama
- Scirpus luzonensis J.Presl & C.Presl
- Scirpus ohwianus T.Koyama
- Scirpus quadrangulus D.Don
- Scirpus rockii Kük.
- Scirpus subquadrangularis Makino
- Scirpus supinus var. elatior Boeckeler
- Scirpus supinus var. elatior Boeck.
- Scirpus timorensis Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rock bulrush: Kaluhā or Rock bulrush [syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides] Cyperaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) NPH00006 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/v](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542408%29.jpg/1280px-Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542408%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rock bulrush: Kaluhā or Rock bulrush [syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides] Cyperaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) NPH00004 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/v](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542310%29.jpg/1280px-Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542310%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rock bulrush: Kaluhā or Rock bulrush [syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides] Cyperaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) NPH00001 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/v](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542080%29.jpg/1280px-Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285188542080%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Rock bulrush: Kaluhā or Rock bulrush [syn. Schoenoplectus juncoides] Cyperaceae Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) NPH00002 nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/v](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285187939757%29.jpg/1280px-Schoenoplectiella_juncoides_%285187939757%29.jpg)
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.