Cyperaceae
Acute spikerush
Eleocharis acutangula
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 桃园蔺, 桃園藺, 锐棱荸荠
- English
- Acute spikerush
- Japanese
- ミスミイ
Synonyms
- Limnochloa acutangula (Roxb.) Nees
- Scirpus acutangulus Roxb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.