Cyperaceae
Streambank bulrush
Schoenoplectus triqueter
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Schoenoplectus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- جولان ثلاثي الأضلاع
- arz
- جولان ثلاثى الاضلاع
- Catalan
- Scirpe à Trois Angles
- Chinese
- 三棱水葱, 蒲, 大甲草, 席草, 薦草, 藨草, 青岛藨草
- Czech
- Skřípinec trojhranný
- Dutch
- Driekantige bies
- English
- Streambank bulrush, Triangular club-rush, Chair-maker's rush
- French
- Scirpe à Trois Angles, Scirpe Triquètre, Scirpe à tige trigone, Scirpe à Tiges Trigones
- German
- Dreikant-Teichsimse, Dreikantige Teichsimse, Scirpe à Trois Angles
- hsb
- Třihranita syć
- Japanese
- サンカクイ
- Lithuanian
- Scirpe à Trois Angles
- Swedish
- Scirpe à Trois Angles
- Welsh
- Llafrwynen drionglog
Synonyms
- Cyperus triqueter (L.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Eleogiton triqueter (L.) Fourr.
- Heleogiton lejeunei (Weihe) Rchb.
- Heleogiton trigonum (Roth) Rchb.
- Heleogiton triquetrum (L.) Rchb.
- Heleophylax triquetrus (L.) Schinz & Thell.
- Hymenochaeta triquetra (L.) Nakai
- Schoenoplectus triqueter f. conglomeratus (Döll) Soó
- Schoenoplectus triqueter f. hoppei (Weihe) Soó
- Schoenoplectus triqueter f. macrostachys (Junge) Soó
- Schoenoplectus triqueter f. monostachys (Junge) Soó
- Schoenoplectus triqueter f. pallidus (Döll) Soó
- Schoenoplectus triqueter var. segregatus (C.B.Clarke) Karthik.
- Schoenoplectus trisetosus (Tang & F.T.Wang) S.Yun Liang
- Scirpus hoppei Weihe
- Scirpus lejeunei Weihe
- Scirpus mucronatus Host
- Scirpus pollichii Godr.
- Scirpus pollichii var. coriacea Franch. & Sav.
- Scirpus seoanei Merino
- Scirpus trigonus Roth
- Scirpus triqueter L.
- Scirpus triqueter f. conglomeratus Döll
- Scirpus triqueter f. macrostachys Junge
- Scirpus triqueter f. monostachys Junge
- Scirpus triqueter f. pallidus Döll
- Scirpus triqueter var. conglomeratus Dumort.
- Scirpus triqueter var. foliaceus Gray
- Scirpus triqueter var. hoppei (Weihe) Nyman
- Scirpus triqueter var. lejeunei (Weihe) Nyman
- Scirpus triqueter var. segregatus C.B.Clarke
- Scirpus trisetosus Tang & F.T.Wang
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Streambank bulrush: 藨草(野荸薺) Scirpus triqueter [香港嘉道理農場 Kadoorie Farm, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/%E8%97%A8%E8%8D%89%28%E9%87%8E%E8%8D%B8%E8%96%BA%29_Scirpus_triqueter_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219891243%29.jpg/1280px-%E8%97%A8%E8%8D%89%28%E9%87%8E%E8%8D%B8%E8%96%BA%29_Scirpus_triqueter_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%98%89%E9%81%93%E7%90%86%E8%BE%B2%E5%A0%B4_Kadoorie_Farm%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219891243%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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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.