Hair-like spikerush

Common names

Synonyms

• Baeothryon pusillum (Vahl) A.Dietr.
• Chaetocyperus polymorphus Nees & Lindl.
• Chaetocyperus polymorphus var. capillaceus (Michx.) Nees
• Chaetocyperus polymorphus var. sphagnicola Nees
• Chaetocyperus punctatus Nees
• Eleocharis camptotricha (C.Wright) C.B.Clarke
• Eleocharis nana f. capillaris Boeckeler
• Eleocharis prolifera var. camptotricha (C.Wright) Urb.
• Eleocharis punctata Boeckeler ex Tonduz
• Eleocharis punctata Boeckeler
• Eleocharis punctata Boeck.
• Scirpus camptotrichus C.Wright
• Scirpus capillaceus Michx.
• Scirpus floridanus Michx. ex Kunth
• Scirpus humilis Wallr.
• Scirpus leptos C.Wright
• Scirpus nanus (Kunth) Kuntze
• Scirpus punctatus (Boeckeler) Kuntze
• Scirpus punctatus Schrad. ex Nees
• Scirpus pusillus Vahl
• Scirpus translucens Le Gall ex J.Lloyd

Characteristics

Growth habit

Graminoid

Lifespan

Annual

In the US and Canada

Lower 48 states: native

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