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Last updated 11/18/2023 by David Giblin.
Eleocharis suksdorfiana Beauverd[FNA23, HC2]
Suksdorf spikerush

Publication: Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève. 13: 267. 1922.

Origin: Native

selected vouchers: WTU

Notes: FNA23: "Although Eleocharis suksdorfiana is usually included in E. quinqueflora, it clearly differs qualitatively as given in the key. A collection from hot springs in Ruby Valley, Elko County, Nevada, has stout perianth bristles less than half of the achene length and may represent an undescribed taxon related to E. suksdorfiana. Eleocharis suksdorfiana closely resembles E. rostellata in its achenes, tubercles, culms, and caudices; it differs in the presence of long horizontal rhizomes and the absence of stoloniferous culms. The achenes of E. suksdorfiana are often finely longitudinally ridged, but in E. rostellata they are often rugulose. Specimens from Coconino and Santa Cruz counties, Arizona, are probably E. suksdorfiana but lack achenes so cannot be identified with certainty."

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Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link var. suksdorfiana (Beauverd) Svenson
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartm.) O. Schwarz var. suksdorfiana (Beauverd) J.T. Howell