Eriophorum chamissonis C.A.Mey.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Cyperaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Extensively colonial from creeping rhizomes, stems rather stout, 3–7 dm; lvs few, mostly near the base, ± with narrow, channeled or triangular blade 1–2 mm wide; bladeless sheaths 1 or 2, the upper near or below the middle of the stem; sterile scales few, obovate to triangular-ovate, blackish, pale-margined, ascending; anthers 1–2.5 mm; bristles reddish-brown to nearly white; achene dark, oblong-obovate, 2–2.7 mm, a third as wide, distinctly (0.3–0.5 mm) apiculate; 2n=58. Bogs; circumboreal, s. to N.B., Minn., and Oreg. Fr July, Aug.
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Common Names
rusty cotton-grass