Eleocharis parishii - Parish's spike rush

Parish’s spike rush (Eleocharis parishii, also spelled Heleocharis parishii) is a creeping perennial rush of seasonally wet sites across the southwestern United States, dying back into the ground each winter and reappearing in spring. It grows 0.1-0.2 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Wet soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.2
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Heleocharis parishii, Parishs Spike Rush | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds (tested as Heleocharis parishii) ↩