Trichophorum clintonii

Trichophorum clintonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Trichophorum
Species: T. clintonii
Binomial name
Trichophorum clintonii
(A. Gray) S.G. Sm
Synonyms[1]
  • Baeothryon clintonii (A. Gray) Á. Löve & D. Löve
  • Scirpus clintonii A. Gray

Trichophorum clintonii is a plant species native to Canada and the northeastern United States. It has been reported from Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Maine, New York State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.[2]

Trichophorum clintonii is a perennial herb up to 40 cm tall, forming dense clumps but without rhizomes. Culms are triagonal in cross-section. Leaves are up to 25 cm long. The inflorescences is one brown spikelet with 3-6 flowers. Achenes are flattened triangles about 2 mm long.[2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America v 23 p 31, Trichophorum clintonii
  3. ↑ Smith, Stanley Galen. 1995. Novon 5(1): 102.
  4. ↑ Löve, Áskell & Löve, Doris Benta Maria. 1965. University of Colorado Studies : Series in Biology 17: 14.
  5. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1864. American Journal of Science, and Arts, ser. 2, 38(113): 290.