{{Short description|Species of grass-like plant}} {{Redirect|Common spikerush| the Australian plant |Eleocharis acuta }} {{speciesbox | image = EleocharisPalustrisAspekt.jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Eleocharis palustris'' |author=Lansdown, R.V. |name-list-style=amp |article-number=e.T163990A1017558 |date=2013 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T163990A1017558.en |access-date=23 January 2024}}</ref> | genus = Eleocharis | species = palustris | authority = (L.) Roem. & Schult. | synonyms_ref = <ref name="1094314-2" >{{cite POWO |id=1094314-2 |title=''Eleocharis palustris'' (L.) Roem. & Schult. |access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> | synonyms = {{collapsible list| *''Bulbostylis palustris'' {{small|(L.) Steven}} *''Chlorocharis palustris'' {{small|(L.) Rikli}} *''Clavula palustris'' {{small|(L.) Dumort.}} *''Cyperus paluster'' {{small|Missbach & E.H.L.Krause}} *''Cyperus paluster'' var. ''uniglumoides'' {{small|E.H.L.Krause}} *''Cyperus palustris'' {{small|(L.) Sessé & Moc.}} *''Eleocharis appendiculata'' {{small|Phil.}} *''Eleocharis boissieri'' {{small|Podp.}} *''Eleocharis ecarinata'' {{small|Zinserl.}} *''Eleocharis filiculmis'' {{small|Schur}} *''Eleocharis glaucescens'' {{small|(Willd.) Schult.}} *''Eleocharis globularis'' {{small|Zinserl.}} *''Eleocharis gracilis'' {{small|Hayek}} *''Eleocharis haematolepis'' {{small|Steud.}} *''Eleocharis intersita'' f. ''acetosa'' {{small|Tang & F.T.Wang ex Y.L.Chang}} *''Eleocharis kasakstanica'' {{small|Zinserl.}} *''Eleocharis kitamurana'' {{small|T.Koyama}} *''Eleocharis levinae'' {{small|Zoz}} *''Eleocharis limosa'' {{small|Drège}} *''Eleocharis lindbergii'' {{small|(Strandh.) Tzvelev}} *''Eleocharis minima'' f. ''major'' {{small|Boeckeler}} *''Eleocharis minima'' var. ''mexicensis'' {{small|H.Pfeiff.}} *''Eleocharis nebrodensis'' {{small|Parl.}} *''Eleocharis oxystachys'' {{small|Sakalo}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''degenerata'' {{small|Hook.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''globularis'' {{small|(Zinserl.) T.V.Egorova}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''globularis'' {{small|(Zinserl.) A.E.Kozhevn.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''intersita'' {{small|(Zinserl.) Tzvelev}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''kurilensis'' {{small|A.E.Kozhevn.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''lindbergii'' {{small|Strandh.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''lindbergii'' {{small|(Strandh.) Tzvelev}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''major'' {{small|Sond.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''minor'' {{small|Hook.}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''vigens'' {{small|(L.H.Bailey) A.Haines}} *''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''vulgaris'' {{small|Walters}} *''Eleocharis palustromicrocarpa'' {{small|Á.Löve}} *''Eleocharis quaesita'' {{small|Kitag.}} *''Eleocharis smallii'' {{small|Britton}} *''Eleocharis smallii'' var. ''major'' {{small|(Sond.) F.Seym.}} *''Eleocharis striata'' {{small|Hochst. ex Engl.}} *''Eleocharis vulgaris'' {{small|Á.Löve & D.Löve}} *''Limnochloa capensis'' {{small|Nees}} *''Megadenus palustris'' {{small|(L.) Raf.}} *''Schoenus palustris'' {{small|(L.) Bernh.}} *''Scirpus acicularis'' {{small|Oeder}} *''Scirpus appendiculatus'' {{small|(Phil.) Kuntze}} *''Scirpus baeothryon'' {{small|Schrad.}} *''Scirpus bailii'' {{small|Kohts}} *''Scirpus caespitosus'' {{small|Willd. ex Kunth}} *''Scirpus campestris'' {{small|Willd. ex Kunth}} *''Scirpus conicus'' {{small|C.Presl ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch}} *''Scirpus glaucescens'' {{small|Willd.}} *''Scirpus intermedius'' {{small|Thuill.}} *''Scirpus ovatus'' {{small|Gilib.}} *''Scirpus palustris'' {{small|L.}} *''Scirpus palustromicrocarpus'' {{small|(Á.Löve) Á.Löve}} *''Scirpus reptans'' {{small|Thuill.}} *''Scirpus tenuis'' {{small|Schreb. ex Schweigg. & Körte}} *''Scirpus varius'' {{small|Schreb. ex Schweigg. & Körte}} *''Trichophyllum palustre'' {{small|(L.) House}} *''Trichophyllum palustre'' var. ''glaucescens'' {{small|(Willd.) House}} *''Trichophyllum palustre'' var. ''vigens'' {{small|(L.H.Bailey) House}} }} }}
'''''Eleocharis palustris''''', the '''common spike-rush''', '''creeping spike-rush''' or '''marsh spike-rush''', is a species of mat-forming perennial flowering plants in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It grows in wetlands in Europe, North Africa, northern and central Asia (Siberia, China, Mongolia, Iran, Nepal, etc.) and North America (United States, Canada, Greenland, northern Mexico).<ref name=yak>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=242738 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ELPA3 |title=Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roem. & Schult. common spikerush |publisher=USDA |access-date=May 19, 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Eleocharis%20palustris.png Biota of North America Program, 2013 range distribution map]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220004641 Flora of China, Vol. 23 Page 198, <big>沼泽荸荠</big> zhao ze bi qi, ''Eleocharis palustris'' (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817. ]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220004641 Flora of North America, ''Eleocharis palustris'' (Linnaeus) Roemer & Schultes in J. J. Roemer et al., Syst. Veg. 2: 151. 1817. ]</ref><ref>[http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/index1.php?scientific-name=eleocharis+palustris Altervista Flora Italiana, Giunchina comune, ''Eleocharis palustris'' ] includes photos plus distribution maps for Europe and North America</ref> ''Eleocharis palustris'' is not easily distinguished from other closely related species and is extremely variable worldwide itself. The species epithet ''palustris'' is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.<ref>Archibald William Smith {{google books |ahNMkgoNJ7IC|A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins |page=258}}</ref>
==Subspecies and varieties== Numerous names have been proposed for subspecies and varieties. The following are recognized:<ref name=yak/>
#''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''iranica'' <small>Kukkonen</small> - Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan #''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''palustris'' - most of species range #''Eleocharis palustris'' var. ''vigens'' <small>L.H.Bailey</small> - North America #''Eleocharis palustris'' subsp. ''waltersii'' <small>Bureš & Danihelka</small> - Europe and Cyprus
[[File:Eleocharis palustris in Rehovot vernal pool.JPG|thumbnail|left|''Eleocharis palustris'' in Rehovot vernal pool, Israel]] {{clear left}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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palustris Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Botanical taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of Asia Category:Flora of North Africa Category:Flora of Northern America