Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Cyperaceae

• Scientific Name

  Eriophorum tenellum Nutt.

• Description

  Species Description - Colonial from slender rhizomes; stems arising singly, slender, erect, 3–8 dm, obtusely trigonous, scaberulous above; blades 1–2 mm wide, channeled, the uppermost to 15 cm, equaling or longer than its sheath; bract erect, usually shorter than the umbel; spikelets 3–6, short-pedicellate in a head-like infl, or 1 or 2 on scabrous pedicels to 5 cm; scales stramineous to reddish-brown, ovate, obtuse or rounded; bristles sordid white; achene brown, narrowly obovate-oblong, 2.5–3 mm. Bogs and swamps, often under conifers; Nf. to Minn., s. to N.J., Pa., and Ill. Fr June–Sept.

• Common Names

  conifer cotton-grass