Blooms: July - August
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Newfoundland south to Florida, occasionally west across southern Canada to southeast British Columbia and northern Washington.
Habitat: Wet, low ground.
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Distribution: Newfoundland south to Florida, occasionally west across southern Canada to southeast British Columbia and northern Washington.
Habitat: Wet, low ground.
Species Description:
General: Herbaceous perennial, without rhizomes, the culms 8-15 dm. tall, sub-terete.
Leaves: Stems leafy, the leaves grass-like, elongate, flat, 2-6 mm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence a compound, terminal cyme, with very numerous spikes 3-8 mm. long on short, slender peduncles; inflorescence subtended by several unequal, blackish-based, sheathless bracts, the largest of them nearly 1 dm. long; flowers subtended by blunt scales 1.5 mm. long, with fine red-brown lines on a pale or blackish-green background; perianth of 6 tawny, flexuous bristles that surpass the scales; stamens 3; style trifid.
Fruits: Achenes triangular, pale, under 1 mm. long.
General: Herbaceous perennial, without rhizomes, the culms 8-15 dm. tall, sub-terete.
Leaves: Stems leafy, the leaves grass-like, elongate, flat, 2-6 mm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence a compound, terminal cyme, with very numerous spikes 3-8 mm. long on short, slender peduncles; inflorescence subtended by several unequal, blackish-based, sheathless bracts, the largest of them nearly 1 dm. long; flowers subtended by blunt scales 1.5 mm. long, with fine red-brown lines on a pale or blackish-green background; perianth of 6 tawny, flexuous bristles that surpass the scales; stamens 3; style trifid.
Fruits: Achenes triangular, pale, under 1 mm. long.
Accepted Name:
Scirpus cyperinus (L.) KunthSynonyms:
Eriophorum cyperinum L.
Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth var. andrewsii (Fernald) Fernald
Scirpus cyperinus (L.) Kunth. var. pelius Fernald
Scirpus rubricosus Fernald
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Scirpus cyerinus
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Scirpus cyperinus specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Scirpus cyperinus specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Scirpus cyperinus treatment.
E-Flora BC: Scirpus cyperinus atlas page.
CalPhotos: Scirpus cyperinus images.
USDA Plants Database: Scirpus cyperinus.
Fred Weinmann, 1983
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
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