Cyperaceae
Blackgirdle bulrush
Scirpus atrocinctus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Blackgirdle bulrush, Black-girdled bulrush
- French
- Scirpe à ceinture noire
Synonyms
- Eriophorum cyperinum f. brachypodum (Fernald) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum f. condensatum Peck
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. brachypodum (Fernald) Farw.
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. condensatum Peck
- Eriophorum cyperinum var. condensatum (Peck) House
- Scirpus atrocinctus f. atrocinctus
- Scirpus atrocinctus f. brachypodus (Fernald) S.F.Blake
- Scirpus atrocinctus var. brachypodus Fernald
- Scirpus atrocinctus var. condensatus (Peck) House
- Scirpus cyperinus var. brachypodus (Fernald) Gilly
- Trichophorum atrocinctum (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: alicia penney, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Étienne Léveillé-Bourret, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: jillllybean, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Todd Boland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinten Wiegersma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
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.