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Canada Spikesedge
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Sedges

Canada Spikesedge

Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCanada Spikesedge
Dutch—
SpanishCebollín
Chinese黑籽荸荠
Scientific nameEleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. & Schult.

About this species

Eleocharis geniculata is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific Islands. It is an annual spikesedge growing to a maximum height of about 40 centimeters. It has a few straw-colored leaves and many thin erect stems. The stems hold inflorescences of rounded spikelets each containing at least 10 tiny flowers. The flowers are covered with dark greenish-brown bracts. The fruit is a shiny purple-brown achene not more than a millimeter long.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyCyperaceae
GenusEleocharis

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