Eleocharis quinqueflora

Taxobox
name = "Eleocharis quinqueflora"

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image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Cyperaceae
genus = "Eleocharis"
species = "E. quinqueflora"
binomial = "Eleocharis quinqueflora"
binomial_authority = (Hartmann) O. Schwarz
synonyms = "Eleocharis bernardina"
"Eleocharis pauciflora"

"Eleocharis quinqueflora" is a species of spikesedge known by the common name fewflower spikerush. This plant has a circumboreal distribution and is also found in the southern half of the United States, as well as Chile. It is a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist places. This is a rhizomatous perennial approaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters. The thin, flattened stems are surrounded by papery reddish to green leaf sheaths and topped with dark inflorescences. The spikelet is lance-shaped to oval and less than a centimeter long. It contains two to seven flowers, each of which is covered with a brown or black bract. The fruit is a yellow-brown achene two or three millimeters long.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,8103,8119 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELQU2 USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eleocharis+quinqueflora Photo gallery]