Eleocharis quinqueflora

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|name = Fewflower spikerush

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|genus = Eleocharis

|species = quinqueflora

|authority = (Hartmann) O. Schwarz

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• Baeothryon halleri (Vill.) T.Nees
• Baeothryon pauciflorum (Lightf.) A.Dietr.
• Clavula boeotryon (L.f.) Dumort.
• Cyperus pauciflorus (Lightf.) Missbach & E.H.L.Krause
• Eleocharis atacamensis Phil.
• Eleocharis baeothryon (L.f.) Nees
• Eleocharis baeothryon Schult.
• Eleocharis czernjajevi Zoz
• Eleocharis fernaldii (Svenson) Á.Löve
• Eleocharis meridionalis Zinserl.
• Eleocharis obscura T.Koyama
• Eleocharis pauciflora (Lightf.) Link
• Eleocharis pauciflora var. fernaldii Svenson
• Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. fernaldii (Svenson) Hultén
• Eleocharis quinqueflora subsp. meridionalis (Zinserl.) T.V.Egorova
• Eleocharis vierhapperi Bojko
• Isolepis andina Phil.
• Limnochloa baeothryon (L.f.) Rchb.
• Limnochloa pauciflora (Lightf.) Peterm.
• Scirpus atacamensis (Phil.) Kuntze
• Scirpus baeothryon L.f.
• Scirpus campestris Rottb.
• Scirpus cespitosus Pollich
• Scirpus graecus Quézel & Contandr.
• Scirpus halleri Vill.
• Scirpus pauciflorus Lightf.
• Scirpus pauciflorus var. fernaldii (Svenson) Hiitonen
• Scirpus quinqueflorus Hartmann
• Scirpus sepium Honck.
• Trichophorum pauciflorum (Lightf.) Pignatti
• Trichophorum vierhapperi (Bojko) Pignatti

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Eleocharis quinqueflora is a species of spikesedge known by the common names fewflower spikerush{{PLANTS|id=ELQU2|taxon=Eleocharis quinqueflora|accessdate=18 January 2016}} and few-flowered spike-rush.{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} It is widespread across Europe, North Africa, northern Asia (Siberia, China, Kazakhstan, Himalayas, etc.), and North America (Canada, Greenland, northern and western US). There are also isolated populations in Argentina and Chile.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=242813 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Eleocharis%20quinqueflora.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=eleocharis+quinqueflora Altervista Flora Italiana, Giunchina a 5 fiori, Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartman) Schwarz ] includes photos plus distribution maps for Europe and North AmericaBoulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Conspectus Florae Caucasi 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.Jermy, C., Simpson, D., Foley, M. & Porter, M. (2007). Sedges of the British Isles. B.S.B.I. Handbook No. 1 , ed. 3: 1-554. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.Zuloaga, F. O., O. N. Morrone, M. J. Belgrano, C. Marticorena & E. Marchesi. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1–3): i–xcvi, 1–3348.

Eleocharis quinqueflorais a resident of wet meadows, bogs, hot springs, and other moist places. This is a rhizomatous perennial approaching a maximum height of 40 centimeters. The thin, flattened stems are surrounded by papery reddish to green leaf sheaths and topped with dark inflorescences. The spikelet is lance-shaped to oval and less than a centimeter long. It contains two to seven flowers, each of which is covered with a brown or black bract. The fruit is a yellow-brown achene two or three millimeters long.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101140 Flora of North America, Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89. 1949. ]