Eriophorum vaginatum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 281

4. E. vaginatum L. , Sp. Pl. 52 (1753) .

Plant forming large, compact tussocks; stems (15-)3O-6O(-8O) cm, terete below, trigonous above, leafy in lower half. Leaves c. 1 mm wide, shorter than the stems, trigonous, with brown fibrous sheaths; lamina of cauline leaf absent or a dark, membranous apex to the strongly inflated sheath; ligule absent. Spikelet 1; bracts absent. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 1-veined, grey, translucent, the lower 10-15 darker and sterile, deflexed after anthesis. Bristles c. 25 mm, white; anthers 2-5-3 mm, linear. Nut 2-3 mm, ovoid. 2« = 58. Bogs and moorland. N., N.E. & C. Europe, extending southwards locally, and mainly in the mountains, to S. Spain, N. Italy and Macedonia. Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fa Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, E) Su.