Schoenoplectus litoralis(Schrad.) Palla

WFO wfo-0000527542 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, 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.

Schoenoplectus litoralis, photographed by Nico Hernandez
fig. a Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-29 / obs. 132304449
Schoenoplectus litoralis, photographed by Nico Hernandez
fig. b Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132304470
Schoenoplectus litoralis, photographed by Nico Hernandez
fig. c Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132304485
Schoenoplectus litoralis, photographed by Nico Hernandez
fig. d Nico Hernandez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 132304499

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Native range 65 botanical countries

Regions where Schoenoplectus litoralis is native: Algeria, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, DR Congo, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, East Aegean Is., Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Oman, Palestine, Qinghai, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya, Albania, Austria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine AlgeriaBeninBurkinaBurundiCongoDjiboutiDR CongoGabonGambiaGhanaGuinea-BissauLibyaMadagascarMoroccoRwandaSenegalSierra LeoneTunisiaAfghanistanChina North-CentralChina South-CentralEast Aegean Is.Inner MongoliaIranIraqKazakhstanKirgizstanLebanon-SyriaMongoliaNorth CaucasusOmanPalestineQinghaiSaudi ArabiaTadzhikistanTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanUzbekistanXinjiangYemenAssamBangladeshIndiaPakistanWest HimalayaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCorseGreeceHungaryItalyKritiKrymNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine ComorosBaleares
Native distribution of Schoenoplectus litoralis, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
China South-Central CHC
East Aegean Is. EAI
Inner Mongolia CHI
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Oman OMA
Palestine PAL
Qinghai CHQ
Saudi Arabia SAU
Tadzhikistan TZK
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
Uzbekistan UZB
Xinjiang CHX
Yemen YEM
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Comoros COM
Congo CON
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Gabon GAB
Gambia GAM
Ghana GHA
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Libya LBY
Madagascar MDG
Morocco MOR
Rwanda RWA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Tunisia TUN
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Baleares BAL
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Kriti KRI
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Pakistan PAK
West Himalaya WHM

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 23 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.

  • Eleogiton litoralis (Schrad.) Fourr.
  • Heleogiton litorale (Schrad.) Rchb.
  • Malacochaete lehmannii Nees ex Boeckeler
  • Malacochaete litoralis (Schrad.) Nees
  • Pterolepis litoralis (Schrad.) M.R.Almeida
  • Schoenoplectus kasachstanicus (Dobrochot.) T.V.Egorova
  • Schoenoplectus philippii (Tineo) Pignatti
  • Scirpus aegyptiacus Decne.
  • Scirpus arabicus Ehrenb. ex Boeckeler
  • Scirpus arrhenopogon Hochst. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Scirpus balearicus Willd. ex Kunth
  • Scirpus desprauxii Steud.
  • Scirpus fimbrisetus Delile
  • Scirpus kasachstanicus Dobrochot.
  • Scirpus litoralis Schrad.
  • Scirpus litoralis subsp. philippii (Tineo) K.Richt.
  • Scirpus litoralis var. foliosus Jahand., Maire & Weiller
  • Scirpus litoralis var. philippii (Tineo) Nyman
  • Scirpus littoralis subsp. philippii (Tineo) K.Richt.
  • Scirpus philippii Tineo
  • Scirpus plumosus R.Br.
  • Scirpus tabernaemontani Salzm. ex Ball
  • Scirpus triqueter subsp. littoralis (Schrad.) Bonnier & Layens

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. 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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