Eriophorum viridi-carinatum (Engelm.) Fern.
 
FamilyCyperaceae — APG family: Cyperaceae
SynonymsEriophorum latifolium var. viridicarinatum Engelm.
DescriptionTufted, with numerous basal leaves; culm glabrous, trigonous; leaves 2-5 mm broad, flat, with narrow, involute tips; 2-3 involucral bracts, longer than the in- florescence; scales greenish-drab to lead-colored, with midrib prominent to extreme tip; anthers 1-1.5 mm; bristles creamy white.
EcologyPeat bogs, wet meadows. Described from Massachusetts and Ohio.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.