Eriophorum vaginatum Linnaeus (Q3358)

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Eriophorum vaginatum is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Eriophorum subg. Eriophorum
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Eriophorum vaginatum Linnaeus
Eriophorum vaginatum is a taxon with the rank species within the subgenus Eriophorum subg. Eriophorum

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    taxon/id/Eriophorum vaginatum Linnaeus
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    Eriophorum vaginatum Linnaeus
    Eriophorum vaginatum
    Linnaeus
    FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York.
    accepted
    linaigrette à large gaine (French)
    linaigrette en forme de gaine (French)
    linaigrette vaginée (French)
    linaigrette engainante (French)
    tussock cottongrass (English)
    sheathed cottongrass (English)
    Tussock cotton-grass (English)
    linaigrette à large gaine (English)
    Greenland
    Eurasia
    Plants cespitose, tussock-forming.
    basal sheaths brown.
    Leaves: bladeless sheaths 1–3 per culm, expanding distally, to 1 mm wide;
    blades filiform, trigonous, not more than 1 cm.
    Inflorescences: involucral-bracts absent.
    Spikelets solitary, erect, globose-subglobose to ovoid-oblong, 10–20 mm in flower, to 50 mm in fruit;
    scales lead-colored to greenish gray with white-hyaline margins to 1 mm wide;
    empty scales more than 10, ovatelanceolate;
    proximal scales reflexed or spreading at maturity, 5–10 mm.
    Flowers: perianth bristles 10 or more, white, seldom reddish or brown, 10–18 mm, smooth;
    anthers 1–3 mm.
    Achenes ovoid to obovoid, 1.9–3.5 mm, apex minutely apiculate.