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Eleocharis parvula (Roem. & Schult.) Link ex Bluff, Nees & Schauer

dwarf spike-rush (Cyperaceae)

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Eleocharis parvula is a diminutive plant of coastal mud at very scattered localities.

Dingwall (VC106: East Ross); 2018-08-22

 dwarf spike-rush / Eleocharis parvula: _Eleocharis parvula_ is a diminutive plant of coastal mud at very scattered localities.

Flowers are rarely produced by Eleocharis parvula, but the small white turions (vegetative propagules) are distinctive.

Dingwall (VC106: East Ross); 2018-08-22

 dwarf spike-rush / Eleocharis parvula: Flowers are rarely produced by _Eleocharis parvula_, but the small white turions (vegetative propagules) are distinctive.

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