Cyperaceae
Kamchatka spikerush
Eleocharis kamtschatica
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Eleocharis kamtschaticaCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 无刚毛荸荠, 大基荸荠
- English
- Kamchatka spikerush
Synonyms
- Eleocharis glehnii Kom.
- Eleocharis kamtschatica f. kamtschatica
- Eleocharis kamtschatica f. reducta (Ohwi) Ohwi
- Eleocharis kamtschatica var. komarovii (Zinserl.) Vorosch.
- Eleocharis kamtschatica var. komarovii (Zinserl.) A.E.Kozhevn.
- Eleocharis kamtschatica var. reducta Ohwi
- Eleocharis komarovii Zinserl.
- Eleocharis mitrata Makino
- Eleocharis pileata A.Gray
- Eleocharis sachalinensis (Meinsh.) Kom.
- Eleocharis savatieri C.B.Clarke ex H.Lév.
- Eleocharis triflora Kom.
- Scirpus camtschaticus Kunth
- Scirpus kamtschaticus C.A.Mey.
- Scirpus mitratus Franch. & Sav.
- Scirpus pileatus (A.Gray) Franch. & Sav.
- Scirpus sachalinensis Meinsh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
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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.