Distribution: Southern U.S.

Habitat: Low moist places, often forming a "lawn" in seasonal pools and in depressions in sandy roads

Recognition:  Small "grassy" species.  Spikelet scales usually 2-ranked.  Often vivaparous (the top of the plant arching to the ground and rooting there)

Eleocharis nigrescens is of similar size but has scales spiral, and perianth bristles absent.

Florida status: Common, the most frequently encountered small grassy Eleocharis in our area