Cyperaceae
Spikerush
Eleocharis ochrostachys
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 日月潭蔺, 日月潭藺, 假馬蹄, 假马蹄
- English
- Spikerush
Synonyms
- Eleocharis laxiflora (Thwaites) H.Pfeiff.
- Eleocharis subulata Boeckeler
- Eleocharis variegata var. laxiflora (Thwaites) Ridl.
- Scirpus laxiflorus Thwaites
- Scirpus laxifolius Thwaites
- Scirpus ochrostachys (Steud.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: native
Photos
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mark Marathon, 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.