Cyperaceae
Sand spikerush
Eleocharis montevidensis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sand spikerush
Synonyms
- Eleocharis arenicola Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray
- Eleocharis montana subsp. montevidensis (Kunth) Osten
- Eleocharis montevidensis f. angustior S.González & McVaugh
- Eleocharis montevidensis var. montevidensis
- Eleocharis palmeri Svenson
- Limnochloa montevidensis (Kunth) Nees
- Scirpus arenicola (Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray) Kuntze
- Scirpus arenicolus (Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray) Kuntze
- Scirpus montevidensis (Kunth) Kuntze
- Trichophyllum arenicola (Torr. ex Engelm. & A.Gray) House
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Andrés González, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.