Calflora Taxon Report
Eleocharis flavescens  (Poir.) Urb.  var. flavescens 
Yellow spikerush
photo on CalPhotos
2004 Steve Matson
photo on CalPhotos
2004 Steve Matson
Eleocharis flavescens var. flavescens is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
Parent: Eleocharis flavescens
Genus: Eleocharis
Family: Cyperaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot
Wetlands: Occurs in wetlands

Communities: Freshwater Wetlands

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO
Alternate Names:
PLANTSEleocharis flavescens var. fuscescens
JEFEleocharis flavescens var. thermalis
PLANTSEleocharis praticola
JEFEleocharis thermalis
PLANTSHeleocharis flaccida var. fuscescens
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“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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