Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz, 1949 37% complete

Few-flower spike-rush

Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Eleocharis quinqueflora, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced9 Differs from sources4 Source not recorded10 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author (Hartmann) O.Schwarz No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. 1: 89 (1949) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
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Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1949 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Few-flower spike-rush No source recorded
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Family common name Sedge family No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Temp. Northern Hemisphere, Bolivia to S. South America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 19 cm
  • 18.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 23 cm
  • 22.5 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 116, 164, 174, 178, 500, 918
Differs from sources
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months may, jun
1 earlier or rejected value
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 164, 178, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 9 / 9 · saturated air
  • 9 / 9 · saturated air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity empty
  • 9 / 12 · amphibious part of the year (seasonal helophyte) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Light 8 / 9 · light Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Ph maximum pH 7.5
  • pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 7
  • pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Sourced
Soil salinity 1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)
  • 2 / 9 · very slightly saline (peroligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Differs from sources
Other
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record