Cyperaceae

Elegant spikerush

Eleocharis elegans (Kunth) Roem. & Schult.

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis

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Elegant spikerush (Eleocharis elegans) — Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Elegant spikerush

Synonyms

Eleocharis constricta Schult.
Eleocharis crassiculmis (Nees) Steud.
Eleocharis mexicana Palla
Eleocharis viridis Boeckeler
Limnochloa crassiculmis Nees
Scirpus crassiculmis (Nees) Schrad. ex Griseb.
Scirpus crassiculmis Schrad. ex Nees
Scirpus elegans Kunth
Scirpus viridis (Boeckeler) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Puerto Rico: native

Photos

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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.