Cyperaceae
Mountain spikerush
Eleocharis montana
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Eleocharis montanaCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mountain spikerush
Synonyms
- Eleocharis andesica C.B.Clarke
- Eleocharis chrysocarpa Boeckeler
- Eleocharis consanguinea Kunth
- Eleocharis montana var. nodulosa (Roth) Svenson
- Eleocharis mutata Schltdl.
- Eleocharis nodulosa (Roth) Schult.
- Eleocharis nodulosa f. trigyna Barros
- Eleocharis nodulosa var. angulata Svenson
- Eleocharis nodulosa var. humilis Boeckeler
- Eleocharis nodulosa var. subnodulosa (Steud.) Kük.
- Eleocharis nodulosa var. tenuis Boeckeler
- Eleocharis subnodulosa Steud.
- Eleocharis vulcani Boeckeler
- Eleogenus nodulosus (Roth) Nees
- Scirpus heteromorphus Steud. ex F.Phil.
- Scirpus montanus Kunth
- Scirpus nodulosus Roth
- Trichophyllum nodulosum (Roth) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: 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.