Eleocharis_torticulmis

<i>Eleocharis torticulmis</i>

Eleocharis torticulmis

Species of grass-like plant

Eleocharis torticulmis is a rare species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names twisted spikerush and twist-stem spikerush. It is endemic to Plumas County, California, where it is known from two locations within a kilometer of each other in the Butterfly Valley Botanical Area.[1][2] It grows in open wet habitat such as fens and meadows. It was separated from Eleocharis suksdorfiana and described to science as a new species in 2001.[3]

Quick Facts Eleocharis torticulmis, Conservation status ...

This perennial spikerush grows from a tiny rhizome and a small, hard caudex. It produces a tuft of erect stems 20 to 40 centimeters tall. Each stem is spirally twisted and contracted near the tip, becoming somewhat flattened. The spikelet is under a centimeter long and contains up to 10 tiny flowers.

References

  1. [1]
    Flora of North America
  2. [2]
    The Nature Conservancy[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    Smith, S. G. (2001). Taxonomic innovations in North American Eleocharis (Cyperaceae). Novon 11:2 241-57.


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