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Pronunciation: el-ee-oh-KARE-is a-sik-yoo-LARE-is
Common name: Needle spikerush
Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge)
Habitat: Marshes, meadows, riverbanks, vernal pools, sagebrush scrub to lodgepole pine forest to about 8500', California Floristic Province
Flowering period: May to August
Name derivations: 1) Eleocharis 2) acicularis