Cyperaceae
Cloaked bulrush
Scirpus pallidus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Scirpus pallidusCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Cloaked bulrush
Synonyms
- Scirpus atrovirens subsp. pallidus (Britton) D.Löve & J.-P.Bernard
- Scirpus atrovirens var. pallidus Britton
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: 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.