Eleocharis minima Kunth. Subgenus: Eleocharis. Section: Eleocharis. Series: Tenuissimae. Common name: Small Spikerush. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Pond margins, lakeshores, shallow water, wet depressions. Distribution: GA and FL west to TX; West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America.
ID notes: This species is easily confused with E. baldwinii, among other spikerushes (see key, drawn from Smith et al. 2002). Specimens lacking annotation should be examined.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = ETx1, FNA23; = Eleocharis minima var. minima — POWO; < Eleocharis minima Kunth — K4, Mex, NS, Tx; ? Eleocharis uncialis Chapm. — S; Eleocharis minima Kunth. Basionym: Eleocharis minima Kunth 1837
Links to other floras: = Eleocharis minima - FNA23
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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