Blysmus rufus
Broad Blysmus
Blysmus compressus
(L.) Panz. ex Link Species
- Botanical name
- Blysmus compressus
- Also known as
- Broad Blysmus, Flat Sedge, Flat-Headed Sedge, Flat-Sedge
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Blysmus
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Broad Blysmus
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Blysmus compressus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aplostemon compressus
Blysmopsis compressus
Blysmus distichus
Chaetospora compressa
Heleogiton compressa
Nomochloa compressa
Schoenus compressus
Scirpus compressus
Others in Blysmus
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