Cyperaceae
Soft-stem spikerush
Eleocharis mamillata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Балотніца сасочкавая
- Chinese
- 乳头基荸, 乳头基荸荠
- Czech
- Bahnička bradavkatá
- English
- Soft-stem spikerush
- Estonian
- Muda-alss
- Finnish
- Mutaluikka
- German
- Zitzen-Sumpfsimse
- Latvian
- Iežmaugtais pameldrs
- Polish
- Ponikło sutkowate
- Russian
- Болотница сосочковая
- Swedish
- Veksäv
- Tatar
- Имчәкле сазлавык уты
Synonyms
- Eleocharis mamillata var. mamillata
- Eleocharis palustris subsp. mamillata (H.Lindb.) Beauverd
- Eleocharis palustris var. mamillata Nyár.
- Scirpus mamillatus H.Lindb.
- Scirpus palustris var. mamillatus (H.Lindb.) P.Fourn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, 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.