Eriophorum scheuchzeri, Hoppe

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

7. E. scheuchzeri Hoppe , Bot. Taschenb. 1800: 104 (1800).

Plant rhizomatous; stems 8-40 cm, terete, leafy towards base. Leaves 1-2 mm wide, shorter than stems, linear and canaliculate at base, trigonous above; lower sheaths yellowish-brown; cauline leaves with inflated sheath, without or with a short lamina. Spikelet 1; bracts absent, or lowest glume bract-like, 3-veined. Glumes ovate-lanceolate, greyish-brown to blackish, with narrow hyaline margin, the lowest 2-6 empty. Bristles up to 30 mm, pure white, often patent or deflexed; anthers c. 1 mm, ovate. Nut c. 2 mm, oblong, subterete. Wet bogs and tundra and muddy or peaty lake-margins. N. Europe, southwards to S. Norway and C. Ural; mountains of C. & S. Europe from the Carpathians to the Pyrenees, N. Appennini and Macedonia. Au?Cz Fe Ga Ge He Hs Is It Ju No Rm Rs (N, W, C) Sb Su.