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Cyperaceae

Flat spike-sedge

Eleocharis plana S.T.Blake

Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eleocharis

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Flat spike-sedge: Native warm-season perennial sedge with creeping rhizome. Stems tufted, flat to slightly plano-convex and to 80 cm tall. Flowerheads are narrow-cylindrical, 10–
Photo: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Flat spike-sedge

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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.