Taxonomy
Family: Eriocaulaceae
Habitat
Still, shallow water or occasionally in deep water. This colony was found growing in the shallow waters of a lake in the Adirondacks.
Associates
Distribution
New England south to NC at high elevation, west through the Great Lakes to MN.
Morphology
Aquatic or emergent perennial. Leaves all basal, thin, acuminate, 3-9 parallel-nerved with conspicuous cross-veinlets. Scapes solitary, 5-7 ridged to 20 cm long, much longer in deep water. Heads gray except for dense, white-hairy tepals and receptacular bracts; receptable glabrous. Fruit a thin-walled capsule.
Notes
Flowers July to September
Wetland Indicator: Obligate
This species also occurs in Ireland and Scotland.
Michael Hough © 2004 |