Family Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M.T.Stong var. williamsii (Fernald) S.G.Sm.
Pursh's bulrush, weak bulrush, weak-stalk bulrush
Schoenoplectus: Greek a 'rush leek' ' plecto for "plaited, twisted"
schoenos for "rush or reed"
purshianus: after Frederická Traugott Pursh (1774-1820), a Saxon explorer, collector, horticulturist and author who received the plant collections from the Lewis and Clark expedition and first to published on them
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