Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz

Spice Spikelets

Family: CYPERACEAE

Genus: Eleocharis

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Hemicryptophyte. Hydrophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches).

Characteristics: Flooded places like marshes, springs, stream banks, ponds, rushlands, etc. A caespitose plant with very thin stems (0.5-1 mm). The spikelets are brown, 4-10 mm and have 7-11 flowers. Differs from E. palustris as its sheath is obliquely truncate and the nutlets are longitudinally striated.