Narrowleaf Cotton-grass - Eriophorum angustifolium
Other Names:
Eriophorum polystachion
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
SNR
C-value:
9
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Rhizomatous. Stems 15–50 cm. Leaves: flat; blades 2–5 mm wide. Inflorescence 2 to 8 nodding, pedunculate spikelets; bracts 2 or more, leaf-like as long as the inflorescence. Spikelets 1–2 cm long in fruit; lowest scale smaller than the spikelet. Fertile scales brown to greenish black with a pale midvein not reaching the tip, 5–10 mm long. Bristles white. Achene 2–5 mm long, minutely apiculate (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).