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|accepted_name=Eleocharis atropurpurea
|accepted_authority=(Retzius) J. Presl & C. Presl in C. B. Presl
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. B. Presl, Reliq. Haenk.
|place=1: 196. 1828
|year=1828
}}
|common_names=Purple spikerush
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Scirpus atropurpureus
|authority=Retzius
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cyperaceae;Eleocharis;Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis;Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus;Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae;Eleocharis atropurpurea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cyperaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>series</small>[[Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Eleocharis atropurpurea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 23
|mention_page=page 63, 101
|treatment_page=page 102
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>tufted, without creeping rhizomes. <b>Culms</b> 2–12(–19) cm × 0.2–0.4 mm. <b>Leaves</b>: distal leaf sheaths firm, distally tightly sheathing, apex acute. <b>Spikelets</b> ovoid to ellipsoid, 2–6(–8) × 1–2.5 mm, apex acute; proximal scale with or without flower, not amplexicaulous; floral scales to 100, 15–19 per mm of rachilla, often loosely appressed, dark red-brown to stramineous, ovate to elliptic, 0.6–1.3 × 0.3–0.7 mm, membranous, apex rounded to acute. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth bristles (0–)4–6, typically 4, colorless to whitish, vestigial to 1/2 as long as achene, smooth or spinuliferous; styles 2-fid. <b>Achenes</b> black, obovoid, biconvex, 0.3–0.5 × 0.3–0.4 mm, apex often constricted proximal to tubercle, smooth at 40X. <b>Tubercles</b> stramineous to whitish, umbonate to subconic, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1–0.2 mm, apex acute. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Canal banks, hammocks, irrigation ditches, lake and pond margins, maritime shores, rice fields
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Wash.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe (naturalized);Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|discussion=<p>Eleocharis atropurpurea has been reported from Colorado, Montana, and Virginia; I have not seen voucher specimens.</p>
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name=Eleocharis atropurpurea
|author=
|authority=(Retzius) J. Presl & C. Presl in C. B. Presl
|rank=species
|parent rank=series
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Scirpus atropurpureus
|family=Cyperaceae
|phenology=Fruiting summer–fall (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Canal banks, hammocks, irrigation ditches, lake and pond margins, maritime shores, rice fields
|elevation=0–1800 m
|distribution=B.C.;Ala.;Calif.;Fla.;Ga.;Iowa;Kans.;La.;Mich.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.Mex.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Wash.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America;Europe (naturalized);Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands.
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. B. Presl, Reliq. Haenk.
|publication year=1828
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/9216fc802291cd3df363fd52122300479582ede7/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V23/V23_152.xml
|genus=Eleocharis
|subgenus=Eleocharis subg. Eleocharis
|section=Eleocharis sect. Eleogenus
|series=Eleocharis (sect. Eleogenus) ser. Maculosae
|species=Eleocharis atropurpurea
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