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Eleocharis dietrichiana

Eleocharis dietrichiana
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Eleocharis dietrichiana is a slender rush type plant growing in clumps from 20 to 40 cm tall. Found growing in moist situations north from Sydney in New South Wales to Queensland, Australia. The specific epithet dietrichiana is named in honour of the German plant collector Amalie Dietrich.

Other Eleocharis plants

Needle spikerush · Sharp Spike Sedge · Purple spikerush · Glades spikerush · Bolander's spikerush · Eleocharis brassii · Eleocharis caespitosissima · Algal Bulrush · Drooping Spikerush · Chinese water chestnut · Jointed spikesedge · Bald spikerush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eleocharis dietrichiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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