Eleocharis parvula
Also known as: Baeothryon nanum, Chaetocyperus membranaceus, Chaetocyperus pusillus, Chaetocyperus pygmaeus, Clavula comosa, Cyperus parvulus, Eleocharis leptos, Eleocharis leptos johnstonii, Eleocharis membranacea, Eleocharis parvula oppermannii, Eleocharis parvula parvula, Eleocharis parvula spongiosa, Eleocharis pygmaea, Eleogiton parvula, Isolepis leptos, Limnochloa parvula, Scirpus comosus, Scirpus leptos, Scirpus nanus, Scirpus parvulus, Scirpus pollicaris, Scirpus pygmaeus, Trichophorum parvulum
Species profile
- Accepted name
- Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer Species
- Common names
- Dwarf Spike-Rush, Dwarf Spikerush, Dwarf Hair-grass, Dwarf Spikesedge, Estuarine Spike-Rush, Little-head Spike-rush, Little-head Spikerush, little-headed spikerush, low spikerush, Small Spike-rush, small spikerush, tiny spikerush
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Division
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eleocharis
- Habitat
- terrestrial, freshwater, terrestrial, Freshwater; Freshwater-terrestrial, terrestrial|freshwater
- Distribution
- Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China); North America; South America; Alabama; Arkansas
- Basionym
- Scirpus parvulus Roem. & Schult.
- Published in
- Comp. Fl. German., ed. 2, 1: 93 (1836)
Media and observations
herb (Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN))
Arable land and market gardens (I1 level 2) (DAISIE - Inventory of alien invasive species in Europe)
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/2716818 https://www.gbif.org/species/2716818
Common and trade names from InterAquaristik product data.
· Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM