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Eriophorum alpinum

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Identification
Eriophorum alpinum L. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet, Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fernald [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Eriophorum alpinum L. [family CYPERACEAE ] Verified by Clarke, C.B.,
Related name
  • Eriophorum sp.
  • Eriophorum alpinum
  • Scirpus hudsonianus
Common name
  • Trichophore des Alpes, Flora of North America Vol. 23

Flora

Entry for Trichophorum alpinum (Linnaeus) Persoon [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 23,
Names
Trichophorum alpinum (Linnaeus) Persoon [family CYPERACEAE], Syn. Pl., 1: 70. 1805
Eriophorum alpinum Linnaeus [family CYPERACEAE], Sp. Pl., 1: 53. 1753
Eriophorum hudsonianum Michaux [family CYPERACEAE]
Scirpus alpinus (Linnaeus) Dalla Torre & Sarntheim [family CYPERACEAE], 1906. not Schleicher ex Gaudin 1828
Scirpus hudsonianus (Michaux) Fernald [family CYPERACEAE]
Trichophorum alpinum var. hudsonianum (Michaux) Persoon [family CYPERACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
William J. Crins
Information
Plants densely cespitose; rhizomes arching, short. Culms trigonous, 10–40 cm, scabrous proximal to inflorescence. Leaves: basal sheaths gray-brown; distal leaf sheaths concave at mouth; blades 6–9 × 0.4–0.5 mm, much shorter than culms at flowering and fruiting. Inflorescences: spikelets 15–20-flowered, 5.4–8 × 2.2–3.5 mm; bracts equaling or shorter than spikelets, 4.5–7.8 mm, apex mucronate or awned, awn to 3 mm. Spikelets: scales yellow-brown, apex obtuse. Flowers: perianth bristles 6, white, flattened, exceeding achenes by as much as 20 times, smooth; anthers 1.1–1.6 mm. Achenes plano-convex, 1.2–1.6 × 0.5–0.8 mm. 2n = 58.
Phenology Fruiting
summer
jun
jul
aug
Altitude range
0–1400 m;
Distribution
Europec Asia (Kamchatka).USA AlaskaUSA Conn.USA MaineUSA Mass.USA Mich.USA Minn.USA Mont.USA N.H.USA N.J.USA N.Y.USA Vt.USA Wis.Canada Alta.Canada B.C.Canada Man.Canada N.B.Canada Nfld. and Labr.Canada N.W.T.Canada N.S.Canada NunavutCanada Ont.Canada Que.Canada Sask.Canada Yukon

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