Eleocharis nitida

Eleocharis nitida is a species of flowering plant commonly called neat spikerush, it is a member of the sedge family Cyperaceae.

Eleocharis nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Eleocharis
Species:
E. nitida
Binomial name
Eleocharis nitida
Fernald
Synonyms[1]
  • Scirpus nitidus (Fernald) Hultén

Description

Eleocharis nitida is a perennial growing from scaly, purplish rhizomes. The culms grow 1 to 8 inches tall. The inflorescences spikelets are 2.0-4.5 mm (0.8-1.8 in.) long, and each spikelet has from 5 to 30 flowers. It produces a three-angled, bristles achene, that is pale yellow to orangish in color,[2] which matures in mid-June to mid-October.[3]

Its native range includes Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan of Canada and the US states of Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin.[4] It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Minnesota, where it grows in full sun in moist to wet soils; it is found in areas with disturbed soils, in ditches, along trails, and shallow depressions, and bog pools.[5]

Eleocharis nitida 5-eheep (5097863528)

References
  1. "Eleocharis nitida Fernald". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. Barbara Coffin; Lee Pfannmuller (1988). Minnesota's Endangered Flora and Fauna. U of Minnesota Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8166-1689-3.
  3. "Eleocharis nitida : Neat Spikerush | Rare Species Guide". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  4. "Eleocharis nitida in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  5. "Eleocharis nitida (Neat Spikerush): Minnesota Wildflowers". www.minnesotawildflowers.info. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
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