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Cyperaceae

Grey club-rush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Schoenoplectus

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Grey club-rush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (18)
Cantonese
水蔥
Chinese
水葱, 莞, 南水葱, 大水莞, 水葱藨草, 水蔥, 藨草
Czech
Skřípinec Tabernaemontanův
Dutch
Ruwe bies, Fransje
English
Grey club-rush, Softstem bulrush, Grey club rush, Sea club rush
Estonian
Kare kaisel
Finnish
Sinikaisla
French
Scirpe glauque, Souchet de Tabernaemontanus
German
Salz-Teichbinse, Salz-Teichsimse
hsb
Słonišćowa syć
Japanese
フトイ
Latvian
Zilganais meldrs
Lithuanian
Melsvasis meldas
Norwegian Bokmål
Pollsivaks
Polish
Oczeret Tabernemontana, Sitowie Tabernemontana
Russian
Схеноплектус Табернемонтана, Камыш Табернемонтана, Малый камыш
Swedish
Blåsäv
Welsh
Llafrwynen arfor

Synonyms

  • Cyperus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
  • Eleogiton tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Fourr.
  • Heleogiton glaucum Rchb.
  • Heleogiton tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Peterm.
  • Heleophylax tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Schinz & Thell.
  • Hymenochaeta tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Nakai
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris f. glaucus (Rchb.) Soó
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. creber (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. glaucus (Rchb.) Luceño & Marín
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. glaucus Bech.
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Schoenoplectus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) T.Koyama
  • Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani f. paludosus (Boenn.) Soó
  • Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani f. sub-duvalii (Beckh.) Soó
  • Schoenoplectus validus (Vahl) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Schoenoplectus validus subsp. creber (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Schoenoplectus validus subsp. luxurians (Miq.) Soják
  • Scirpus glaucus Sm.
  • Scirpus globifer Welw. ex Steud.
  • Scirpus lacustris f. glaucus (Rchb.) Peterm.
  • Scirpus lacustris f. pictus Honda
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. creber (Fernald) T.Koyama
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. digynus Lönnr.
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. glaucus (Rchb.) Hartm.
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Syme
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) T.Koyama
  • Scirpus lacustris subsp. validus (Vahl) Osten
  • Scirpus lacustris var. creber (Fernald) T.Koyama
  • Scirpus lacustris var. glaucus (Rchb.) Hartm.
  • Scirpus lacustris var. littoreus Wahlenb.
  • Scirpus lacustris var. luxurians (Miq.) T.Koyama
  • Scirpus lacustris var. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Döll
  • Scirpus lacustris var. tabernaemontani (Gmel.) Husn.
  • Scirpus lacustris var. validus (Vahl) Kük.
  • Scirpus maritimus subsp. tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Nyman
  • Scirpus siculus Lojac.
  • Scirpus tabernaemontani C.C.Gmel.
  • Scirpus tabernaemontani f. luxurians Miq.
  • Scirpus tabernaemontani f. paludosus Boenn.
  • Scirpus tabernaemontani f. sub-duvalii Beckh.

and 10 more.

Flowers

In flower
January, March to August (from 210 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour
red (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

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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.