Cyperaceae
Dwarf spikerush
Eleocharis parvula
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (17)
- arz
- اليوشارس بارفولا
- Chinese
- 矮秆荸荠
- Czech
- Bahnička drobná
- Danish
- Lav Kogleaks, Lav Sumpstrå
- English
- Dwarf spikerush
- Estonian
- Väike alss
- Finnish
- Pikkuluikka
- German
- Kleine Sumpfsimse
- hsb
- Mólička syćawka
- Latvian
- Sīkais pameldrs
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Dvergsivaks
- Persian
- علف مویی
- Polish
- Ponikło maleńkie
- Russian
- Болотница маленькая
- Spanish
- Junquillo salado
- Swedish
- Dvärgsäv
- Welsh
- Ysbigfrwynen fach
Synonyms
- Baeothryon nanum A.Dietr.
- Chaetocyperus membranaceus Buckley
- Chaetocyperus pusillus Steud.
- Chaetocyperus pygmaeus (Torr.) Torr. ex A.Gray
- Clavula comosa Dumort.
- Cyperus parvulus (Roem. & Schult.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
- Eleocharis leptos (Steud.) Svenson
- Eleocharis leptos var. johnstonii Svenson
- Eleocharis membranacea (Buckley) Gilly
- Eleocharis parvula f. parvula
- Eleocharis parvula f. spongiosa Fassett
- Eleocharis parvula subsp. oppermannii Zoz
- Eleocharis parvula var. parvula
- Eleocharis pygmaea Torr.
- Eleogiton parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link
- Isolepis leptos Steud.
- Limnochloa parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Rchb.
- Scirpus comosus Dumort.
- Scirpus comosus (Dumort.) B.D.Jacks.
- Scirpus leptos (Steud.) C.Wright
- Scirpus nanus Spreng.
- Scirpus parvulus Roem. & Schult.
- Scirpus pollicaris Delile
- Trichophorum parvulum (Roem. & Schult.) Pignatti
Flowers
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: simonpesant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Chase Mathey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Derek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.