Eriophorum gracile W. D. J. Koch ex Roth (Q3346)

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Eriophorum gracile is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Eriophorum subg. Phylanthela
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Eriophorum gracile W. D. J. Koch ex Roth
Eriophorum gracile is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Eriophorum subg. Phylanthela

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    taxon/id/Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch ex A. Roth
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    Eriophorum gracile W.D.J. Koch ex A. Roth
    Eriophorum gracile
    W.D.J. Koch ex A. Roth
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    slender cottongrass (English)
    linaigrette grêle (French)
    Linaigrette grêle (English)
    meadows
    shores
    acidic substrates
    St. Pierre and Miquelon
    Eurasia
    Plants colonial from long-creeping rhizomes.
    Culms 20–60 cm × 0.5–0.8 mm, distally smooth.
    Leaves: blades trigonous-channeled in cross-section, to 30 cm × 1–2 mm;
    distal leaf-blade 1–4 cm × 1–1.5 mm, shorter than its 3.5–5.5 cm sheath.
    Inflorescences: blade-bearing involucral-bracts solitary, similar to distal leaf, blade usually gray or black proximally, 0.6–2 cm.
    Spikelets (1–) 2–5, in subumbels, narrowly ovoid, 7–10 mm in flower, 15–25 mm in fruit;
    peduncles 5–30 mm, scabrous;
    scales black or dark gray with black tip, broadly ovate, 3–4 mm, scarious, margins absent or to 0.1 mm wide, 5–9-ribbed, midrib prominent, usually dilated distally, reaching tip, apex obtuse-subacute.
    Flowers: perianth bristles 10 or more, white, 10–15 mm, smooth;
    anthers 1–2.5 mm.
    Achenes narrowly obovoid, 1.5–3 mm.