Cyperaceae
Ovate spikerush
Eleocharis ovata
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Балотніца яйцападобная
- Chinese
- 卵穗荸荠, 卵穗荸薺
- Czech
- Bahnička vejčitá
- Dutch
- Eivormige waterbies
- English
- Ovate spikerush, Oval spike-rush
- Estonian
- Munajas alss
- Finnish
- Soikkoluikka
- French
- Scirpe à inflorescence ovoïde
- German
- Eiförmige Sumpfbinse, Eiförmiges Sumpfsimse
- hsb
- Jejkojta syćawka
- Japanese
- マルホハリイ
- Polish
- Ponikło jajowate
Synonyms
- Bulbostylis ovata Steven
- Bulbostylis ovatus (Roth) Steven
- Clavula ovata (Roth) Dumort.
- Cyperus ovatus (Roth) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Eleocharis annua House
- Eleocharis obtusa var. ovata (Roth) Drapalik & Mohlenbr.
- Eleocharis ovata f. sessitensis A.Terracc.
- Eleocharis ovata var. aphanactis J.W.Moore
- Eleocharis ovata var. heuseri Uechtr.
- Eleocharis ovata var. humifusa A.Terracc.
- Eleocharis ovata var. italica A.Terracc.
- Eleocharis ovata var. minima Beck
- Eleocharis ovata var. nipponica H.Hara
- Eleocharis ovata var. obtusa Kük. ex Skottsb.
- Eleocharis ovata var. ovata
- Eleocharis soloniensis (Dubois) H.Hara
- Eleocharis soloniensis var. nipponica H.Hara
- Eleogenus ovatus (Roth) Nees
- Scirpus annuus Thuill.
- Scirpus capitatus Schreb.
- Scirpus compressus Moench
- Scirpus elegantulus Steud.
- Scirpus multicaulis C.C.Gmel.
- Scirpus ovatus Roth
- Scirpus soloniensis Dubois
- Scirpus turgidus Pers.
- Trichophyllum ovatum (Roth) House
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, 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.