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Cyperaceae

Eleocharis cylindrostachys Boeckeler

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eleocharis

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Eleocharis cylindrostachys: Native, warm season, perennial sedge with very short rhizomes. Culms are tufted, rounded, mostly 30–50 cm tall, 1–1.5 mm diam. Spikelets are cylindrical and 5–2
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.