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Few-flowered Spike-rush

Eleocharis quinqueflora

481Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
30Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May18
Jun130
Jul143
Aug69
Sep48
Oct3
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Perth and Kinross Scotland104
2Highland Scotland95
3Worcestershire England57
4Argyll and Bute Scotland42
5Cumbria England32
6South Ayrshire Scotland17
7Powys Wales13
8Cambridgeshire England12
9North Yorkshire England12
10Pembrokeshire Wales8
11Cornwall England5
12Aberdeenshire Scotland5
13Norfolk England4
14Gwynedd Wales4
15East Lothian Scotland3
163 England279 Scotland30 Wales2 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 30 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
481
Peak month
July
Counties with records
30
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
5,605
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Eleocharis
Name with authority
Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O.Schwarz
Contributing datasets
22

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161293 · GBIF 2717493