Cyperaceae
Panicled bulrush
Scirpus microcarpus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Panicled bulrush
- Persian
- پیزر افشان
Synonyms
- Scirpus avatshensis Kom.
- Scirpus lenticularis Torr.
- Scirpus macounii Holm
- Scirpus microcarpus f. radiosus (Fernald) C.F.Reed
- Scirpus microcarpus subsp. rubrotinctus (Fernald) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Scirpus microcarpus var. confertus (Fernald) House
- Scirpus microcarpus var. longispicatus M.Peck
- Scirpus microcarpus var. rubrotinctus (Fernald) M.E.Jones
- Scirpus rubrotinctus Fernald
- Scirpus rubrotinctus f. confertus (Fernald) Weath.
- Scirpus rubrotinctus f. radiosus Fernald
- Scirpus rubrotinctus var. confertus Fernald
- Scirpus sylvaticus var. microcarpus (J.Presl & C.Presl) MacMill.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.