Cyperaceae

Fewflower spikerush

Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz

Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis

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Fewflower spikerush: Wenigblütige Sumpfsimse Eleocharis quinqueflora , Müritz-Gebiet — Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:01, 25 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (24)

arz: اليوشاريس كينكوفلورا
Belarusian: Балотніца малакветкавая
Bulgarian: Петцветна блатница
Catalan: Scirpe Pauciflore
Chinese: 少花荸荠
Czech: Bahnička chudokvětá
Dutch: Armbloemige waterbies
English: Fewflower spikerush, Few-flowered spike-rush
Estonian: Õievähene alss
Finnish: Jouhiluikka
French: Scirpe pauciflore
German: Armblütige Sumpfbinse, Wenigblütige Sumpfsimse, Scirpe Pauciflore
hsb: Snadnokwětna syćawka
Hungarian: Gyérvirágú csetkáka
Japanese: エレオカリス・クインクエフロラ
Latvian: Mazziedu pameldrs
Lithuanian: Ganyklinis duonis, Scirpe Pauciflore
Norwegian Bokmål: Småsivaks
Polish: Ponikło skąpokwiatowe
Russian: Болотница пятицветковая, Болотница малоцветковая
Swedish: Tagelsäv, Scirpe Pauciflore
Tatar: Биш чәчәкле сазлавык уты
Ukrainian: Ситняг п'ятиквітковий
Welsh: Ysbigfrwynen goch

Synonyms

Baeothryon halleri (Vill.) T.Nees
Baeothryon pauciflorum (Lightf.) A.Dietr.
Clavula boeotryon (L.f.) Dumort.
Cyperus pauciflorus (Lightf.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
Eleocharis atacamensis Phil.
Eleocharis baeothryon (L.f.) Nees
Eleocharis baeothryon Schult.
Eleocharis czernjajevi Zoz
Eleocharis fernaldii (Svenson) Á.Löve
Eleocharis meridionalis Zinserl.
Eleocharis obscura T.Koyama
Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii Svenson
Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. fernaldii (Svenson) Hultén
Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. meridionalis (Zinserl.) T.V.Egorova
Eleocharis quinqueflora var. meridionalis Raymond
Eleocharis vierhapperi Bojko
Isolepis andina Phil.
Limnochloa baeothryon (L.f.) Rchb.
Limnochloa baeothryon var. minor Rchb.
Limnochloa pauciflora (Lightf.) Peterm.
Scirpus atacamensis (Phil.) Kuntze
Scirpus baeothryon L.f.
Scirpus baeothryon var. campestris (Rottb.) Boenn.
Scirpus baeothryon var. major Schrad.
Scirpus baeothryon var. minor Schrad.
Scirpus campestris Rottb.
Scirpus cespitosus Pollich
Scirpus graecus Quézel & Contandr.
Scirpus halleri Vill.
Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf.
Scirpus pauciflorus f. minor (Schrad.) Blytt
Scirpus pauciflorus var. campestris (Rottb.) Asch. & Graebn.
Scirpus pauciflorus var. fernaldii (Svenson) Hiitonen
Scirpus pauciflorus var. minor (Schrad.) Lange
Scirpus quinqueflorus Hartmann
Scirpus sepium Honck.
Trichophorum pauciflorum (Lightf.) Pignatti
Trichophorum vierhapperi (Bojko) Pignatti

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

Photos

Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:01, 25 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:48, 30 June 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dzhus Maxim, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.