Blysmus compressus(L.) Panz. ex Link

Flat-sedgebroad blysmus

WFO wfo-0000341571 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Blysmus compressus, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. a Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-03 / obs. 203909750
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Christian Berg
fig. b Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92302329
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. c Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 203909731
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Santiago Martín-Bravo
fig. d Santiago Martín-Bravo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 101659146
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Eugene Popov
fig. e Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85659176
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Andre Hosper
fig. f Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 20904037
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Grzegorz Grzejszczak
fig. g Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 19347558
Blysmus compressus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. h Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 148829521

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Native range 59 botanical countries

Regions where Blysmus compressus is native: Morocco, Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Romania, Sardegna, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine MoroccoAfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralInner MongoliaIranIraqIrkutskKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaManchuriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanTuvaUzbekistanXinjiangEast HimalayaIndiaNepalPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBaltic StatesBelarusBelgiumBulgariaCentral European RussiaCzechia-SlovakiaDenmarkEast European RussiaFinlandFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNetherlandsNorth European RussiaNorthwest European RussiaNorwayNW. Balkan Pen.PolandRomaniaSouth European RussiaSpainSwedenSwitzerlandUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Blysmus compressus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baltic States BLT
Belarus BLR
Belgium BGM
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
Denmark DEN
East European Russia RUE
Finland FIN
France FRA
Germany GER
Great Britain GRB
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Netherlands NET
North European Russia RUN
Northwest European Russia RUW
Norway NOR
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Poland POL
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Sweden SWE
Switzerland SWI
Ukraine UKR
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Irkutsk IRK
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
East Himalaya EHM ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM
Morocco MOR AFRICA

Not drawn on the map: Great Britain. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 35 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aplostemon compressus (L.) Raf.
  • Blysmopsis compressus (L.) Oteng-Yeb.
  • Blysmus brevifolius Decne.
  • Blysmus compressus f. gracilis (Zapał.) Soó
  • Blysmus compressus subsp. subulifolius A.P.Khokhr.
  • Blysmus compressus var. aristatus Rouy
  • Blysmus compressus var. brevifolius (C.B.Clarke) Karth.
  • Blysmus compressus var. dissitus (Duthie) Karth.
  • Blysmus compressus var. elynoides Murr
  • Blysmus compressus var. sikkimensis (C.B.Clarke) Karth.
  • Blysmus distichus (Peterm.) Montandon
  • Blysmus distichus Friche-Joset & Montandon
  • Blysmus mongolicola Kitag.
  • Blysmus sinocompressus Tang & F.T.Wang
  • Blysmus tenuis Gilli
  • Carex uliginosa L.
  • Chaetospora compressa (L.) Gray
  • Cyperus horizontalis Salisb.
  • Heleogiton compressa (L.) Peterm.
  • Nomochloa compressa (L.) Beetle
  • Nomochloa compressa var. brevifolia (C.B.Clarke) Beetle
  • Schoenus compressus L.
  • Scirpus brevifolius Decne.
  • Scirpus cariciformis Vest

and 11 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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