Native Plants
Eleocharis obtusa
Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.
Blunt Spikerush
Cyperaceae (Sedge Family)
USDA Symbol: ELOB2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), HI (N), CAN (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Eleocharis obtusa
Spikerush
Cyperaceae
Location: 14511 Star Cross Trail, Helotes, TX.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Volunteer in moist sandy soil. Single plant.
Description: Densely tufted annual, 12-15 cm tall. Culms terete, drying to a six member striate form, .3x.5 mm. Spikelets broadly ovoid to slightly cylindric, 1.5x5 mm, with 50+ flowers. Scales oblong to suborbicular, falling off the bottom in series as they mature.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Nov 1, 1993
Specimen number: 039
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0639
Accession Date: Jan 25, 1994
Accession Number: 47
Annotations: MCXX