Cyperaceae
Flat spike-sedge
Eleocharis plana
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Flat spike-sedge
Photos

Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Fewflower spikerushEleocharis quinquefloraCyperaceae
- Onescale spikerushEleocharis uniglumisCyperaceae
- Ovate spikerushEleocharis ovataCyperaceae
- Many-stalked spike-rushEleocharis multicaulisCyperaceae
- Soft-stem spikerushEleocharis mamillataCyperaceae
- Purple spikerushEleocharis atropurpureaCyperaceae
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- Jointed spikesedgeEleocharis equisetoidesCyperaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.