Eleocharis nitida is a species of flowering plant commonly called neat spikerush, it is a member of the sedge family Cyperaceae.
Eleocharis nitida is a perennial growing from scaly, purplish rhizomes. The culms grow 1 to 8 inches tall. The inflorescences spikelets are 2.0âÂÂ4.5 mm (0.8âÂÂ1.8 in.) long, and each spikelet has from 5 to 30 flowers. It produces a three-angled, bristles achene, that is pale yellow to orangish in color, which matures in mid-June to mid-October.
Its native range includes Newfoundland, Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan of Canada and the US states of Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Minnesota, where it grows in full sun in moist to wet soils; it is found in areas with disturbed soils, in ditches, along trails, and shallow depressions, and bog pools.