Eleocharis acicularis
Also known as: Baeothryon trichodes, Chaetocyperus acicularis, Chaetocyperus trichoides, Clavula acicularis, Cyperus acicularis, Eleocharis acicularis acicularis, Eleocharis acicularis bella, Eleocharis acicularis elongata, Eleocharis acicularis filiformis, Eleocharis acicularis fluitans, Eleocharis acicularis gracilescens, Eleocharis acicularis inundata, Eleocharis acicularis lilliputiana, Eleocharis acicularis lindheimeri, Eleocharis acicularis longiseta, Eleocharis acicularis minima, Eleocharis acicularis occidentalis, Eleocharis acicularis porcata, Eleocharis acicularis triangularis, Eleocharis acicularis typica, Eleocharis trichodes, Heleocharis acicularis, Heleocharis triangularis, Heliocharis acicularis, Isolepis acicularis, Limnochloa acicularis, Mariscus acicularis, Scirpidium aciculare, Scirpus acicularis, Scirpus trichodes, Trichophyllum aciculare
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Eleocharis acicularis (L.) Roem. & Schult. Species
- Common names
- Needle Spike-Rush, Needle Spikerush, Dwarf Hair-grass, least spikerush, needle spikesedge, Wonsan Spikerush
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Habitat
- Terrestrial|Freshwater, freshwater
- Distribution
- North America; Alberta; Afghanistan; Alabama; Altay
- Basionym
- Scirpus acicularis L.
- Published in
- Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 2: 154 (1817)
Media and observations
herb (Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN))
NE (Listado de flora acuática y de borde de humedales de Bogotá D. C. y su representatividad en la Colección Viva del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá)
GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/2717570 https://www.gbif.org/species/2717570
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM