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§1 Plant

Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

vernacular fewflower spikerush — species · Cyperaceae

USDA
ELQU2
GBIF
2717493
Rank
species
fewflower spikerush (Eleocharis quinqueflora)
Platephotograph · anna_efimovaCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Graminoid
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Cyperaceae Juss.
Genus
Eleocharis
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • GL Greenland Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 101 counties across 17 states/territories
Legend Native · 101 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 101 counties across 17 states/territories.

Alaska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 11 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/ELQU2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2717493 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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