Cyperaceae
Bald spikerush
Eleocharis erythropoda
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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![Bald spikerush: [syn. Eleocharis calva; a misapplied name] Kohekohe or Bald spikerush Cyperaceae Questionably indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oʻahu (Cultivated) nativeplants](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Eleocharis_erythropoda_%286361685171%29.jpg/1280px-Eleocharis_erythropoda_%286361685171%29.jpg)
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Bald spikerush, Redfoot spikerush, Redstem spikerush
- French
- Eléocharide à tiges rouges
Synonyms
- Eleocharis calva (A.Gray) Torr. ex Fernald & Brackett
- Eleocharis calva var. australis (Nees) H.St.John
- Eleocharis palustris subvar. calva (A.Gray) Farw.
- Eleocharis palustris var. australis Nees
- Eleocharis palustris var. calva A.Gray
- Scirpus glaucus Torr.
- Scirpus nudissimus Steud. & Jard.
- Trichophyllum palustre var. calvum (A.Gray) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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.