Eleocharis geniculata is a species of spikesedge known by several common names, including bent spikerush and Canada spikesedge. This is a widespread plant of wet areas in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Australia, Madagascar, and some Pacific Islands.[1][2][3] It is an annual spikesedge growing to a maximum height of about 40 centimeters. It has a few straw-colored leaves and many thin erect stems. The stems hold inflorescences of rounded spikelets each containing at least 10 tiny flowers. The flowers are covered with dark greenish-brown bracts. The fruit is a shiny purple-brown achene not more than a millimeter long.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Genus: | Eleocharis |
| Species: | E. geniculata
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| Eleocharis geniculata | |
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References edit
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 196, 黑籽荸荠 hei zi bi qi, Eleocharis geniculata (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 150. 1817.
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of North America, Eleocharis geniculata (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 150. 1817.
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