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Eleocharis rostellata
Also called Walking sedge, Beaked Spike Rush, Beaked Spikesedge
Beaked spikerush is a rhizomatous perennial sedge that grows in wet or waterlogged ground, often in saline or alkaline wetlands such as hot springs, fens and salt marshes. Its key to cultivation is keeping the roots constantly wet.
Eleocharis rostellata is a species of spikesedge known by the common name beaked spikerush. It is widespread across North America (including Mexico, Guatemala and the West Indies), with isolated populations in Argentina.
Eleocharis rostellata occurs in many types of wetland habitat, especially saline and alkaline water bodies such as hot springs, fens, and salt marshes.
Needle spikerush · Purple spikerush · Glades spikerush · Chinese water chestnut · Yellow spikerush · Pale spikerush · Sand spikerush · Ovate spikerush · Common spikerush · Parish's spikerush · Fewflower spikerush · Viviparous spikerush
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eleocharis rostellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
