| Eriophorum russeolum subsp. rufescens (Anders.) Hyl. | |||
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| Family | Cyperaceae — APG family: Cyperaceae | ||
| Synonyms | Eriophorum rufescens Anders., Eriophorum medium Anders., Eriophorum chamissonis | ||
| Description | Culms stout, straight, 20-30 cm tall, in far arctic specimens 8-10 cm; leaves filiform, canaliculate; spikes obovate or globose; outer scales prominent, triangular, broad, up to half as long as the head, dark brown; upper scales with dark center, hyaline in margin; bristles pale, rust-colored; anthers 0.5-1 mm long. | ||
| Ecology | Wet places. Described from northern Scandinavia. | ||
| Taxonomy notes | The hybrid E. Chamissonis X vaginatum subsp. spissum has been called E. Porsildii Raymond. |
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.