Schoenoplectus pungens
Species of grass-like plant
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Schoenoplectus pungens is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known as common threesquare,[2] common three-square bulrush[3] and sharp club-rush.[4] It is a herbaceous emergent plant that is widespread across much of North and South America as well as Europe, New Zealand and Australia.[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]
| Schoenoplectus pungens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Schoenoplectus |
| Species: | S. pungens |
| Binomial name | |
| Schoenoplectus pungens (Vahl) Palla | |
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Habitat
Description
Schoenoplectus pungens is a long-lived perennial herb up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) tall.[13] The foliage is dark green, rough and dense. The small flowers are grouped in dense spikelets, with of 1–7 spikelets on each stem.[13] The seeds are brown.[13]
It is closely related to Schoenoplectus americanus, and many Schoenoplectus pungens specimens have long been misidentified as Schoenoplectus americanus.[3]
Painting by Jacob Sturm in Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen
