Eleocharis parvula
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| Species: | E. parvula
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| Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer
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Eleocharis parvula is a species of spikesedge known by the common names dwarf spikerush, small spikerush and hairgrass in aquaria. It has a circumboreal distribution, growing throughout Eurasia and North America, into Central America. It is a plant of brackish and saltwater habitat, such as marshes and mudflats. It is a perennial herb growing tufts of spongy, compressible stems not more than 10 centimeters tall. The plant grows from a tuber which is J-shaped or horseshoe-shaped, a characteristic that helps in the identification of the species.[1] The inflorescence is an oval-shaped spikelet just 2 or 3 millimeters long, made up of several tiny flowers.
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