common spike-rush
Scientific names: Eleocharis palustris
Family: Cyperaceae
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Flowering time: May to July
Height: to 60cm
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Description
A creeping plant. Its bright green stems arise in tufts and are decorated with brown, egg-shaped flowers. It spreads using rhizomes (underground stems) and can form dense stands. The leaves of Common spike-rush are reduced to sheaves around the stems, so it looks as if it has none at all.
How to identify: Common spike-rush forms mats of bright green, upright stems. At the end of the stems, the rounded, brown spikelet (containing the flowers) appears.
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Family: Cyperaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: May to July
Height: to 60cm
Growing conditions:
Nectar source for:
Food source for:
Description
A creeping plant. Its bright green stems arise in tufts and are decorated with brown, egg-shaped flowers. It spreads using rhizomes (underground stems) and can form dense stands. The leaves of Common spike-rush are reduced to sheaves around the stems, so it looks as if it has none at all.
How to identify: Common spike-rush forms mats of bright green, upright stems. At the end of the stems, the rounded, brown spikelet (containing the flowers) appears.
How to propagate: