Cyperaceae
Leafy bulrush
Scirpus polyphyllus
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Scirpus
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Leafy bulrush
- Greek
- Σκίρπος ο πολυφυλλός
Synonyms
- Dichromena cymosa (Willd.) J.F.Macbr.
- Holoschoenus brunneus (Muhl.) Steud.
- Phaeocephalum cymosum (Willd.) House
- Rhynchospora cymosa (Willd.) Muhl. ex Elliott
- Schoenus cymosus Willd.
- Scirpus americanus (Boeck.) T.Koyama
- Scirpus brunneus Muhl.
- Scirpus brunneus var. crispus Torr.
- Scirpus brunneus var. viviparus (Pursh) Torr.
- Scirpus cymosus (Willd.) Spreng.
- Scirpus cymosus Willd.
- Scirpus exaltatus Pursh
- Scirpus exaltatus var. viviparus Pursh
- Scirpus polyphyllus f. macrostachys (Boeckeler) Fernald
- Scirpus polyphyllus f. polyphyllus
- Scirpus polyphyllus f. viviparus (Pursh) Beetle
- Scirpus polyphyllus var. macrostachys Boeckeler
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sindupa De Silva, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sindupa De Silva, CC BY 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.