Index / Search / Eleocharis flavescens
§1 Plant
Eleocharis flavescens (Poir.) Urb.
vernacular yellow spikerush — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Eleocharis
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 190 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 190 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
California view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Levy 12075
- Marion 12083
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Puerto Rico view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Adjuntas 72001
- Aibonito 72009
- Anasco 72011
- Arecibo 72013
- Barranquitas 72019
- Bayamon 72021
- Caguas 72025
- Canovanas 72029
- Cayey 72035
- Ceiba 72037
- Ciales 72039
- Dorado 72051
- Florida 72054
- Humacao 72069
- Jayuya 72073
- Juncos 72077
- Luquillo 72089
- Manati 72091
- Maricao 72093
- Naguabo 72103
- Orocovis 72107
- Patillas 72109
- Rio Grande 72119
- San Juan 72127
- San Lorenzo 72129
- San Sebastian 72131
- Utuado 72141
- Vega Alta 72143
- Vega Baja 72145
- Villalba 72149
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 19 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELFL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2717421 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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