Eriophorum callitrix

Chamisso

Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 1: 203, plate 2. 1831.

Common names: Linaigrette àbelle crinière
Illustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 23. Treatment on page 26. Mentioned on page 22.

Plants cespitose. Culms 5–20 (–50) cm, smooth or rough distally. Leaves: cauline leaves 0–1, distal leaf usually proximal to mid culm, bladeless or with short blade; blade forming angle with sheath, filiform or trigonous-channeled, 0.4–1.2 mm wide. Inflorescences: involucral-bracts absent or present as short blade on distal leaf. Spikelets solitary, erect, globose in fruit, 10–20 mm in flower, 15–30 mm in fruit; scales pale blackish brown, margins and tip hyaline, ovatelanceolate, thin; proximal empty scales mostly 10–15, appressed to ascending, ovate, 5–8 mm, ribs ± to margins, midrib not reaching tip, apex acute. Flowers: perianth bristles white to very pale-brown; anthers 0.6–1.2 mm. Achenes ellipsoidobovoid, 1.8–2.1 mm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Fruiting summer.
Habitat: Tundra, calcareous bogs, wet places
Elevation: 0–2600 m

Distribution

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Greenland, Alta., B.C., Man., Nfld. and Labr., N.W.T., Nunavut, Ont., Que., Sask., Yukon, Alaska, Mont., Wyo., Eurasia

Discussion

Two varieties, Eriophorum callitrix var. moravium Raymond and E. callitrix var. pallidus Hultén, have been described based on the pale brown or yellow scales. They are of very local distribution and could be of hybrid origin.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Eriophorum callitrix"
trigonous +
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
Peter W. Ball +  and Daniel E. Wujek +
Chamisso +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
trigonous-channeled +  and filiform +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
glumaceous +  and foliaceous +
2-ranked +  and arranged +
ascending +  and appressed +
parallel +  and divergent +
terete +, rolled +  and plicate +
Linaigrette àbelle crinière +
terete +  and trigonous +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
with short blade +  and bladeless +
usually proximal;mid +
Greenland +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Man. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, Que. +, Sask. +, Yukon +, Alaska +, Mont. +, Wyo. +  and Eurasia +
0–2600 m +
hypogynous +  and subtending +
biconvex +  and trigonous +
Tundra, calcareous bogs, wet places +
multi-ranked +, 2-ranked +, 3-ranked +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
hyaline +, brown +  and pale blackish +
ovatelanceolate +
subumbellate +  and subcapitate +
with (1-)3-6(-30) bristles and/or scales +
Fruiting summer. +
2-3(-4)-carpellate +
3 (?) +  and 1 (?) +
Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans +
adventitious +
appressed +  and ascending +
basal +  and proximal +
ovate;ovatelanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
cylindric +
Illustrated +
2 +  and 10 +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
septate +, hollow +  and solid +
compressed +, terete +  and trigonous +
papillate +
deciduous +
Eriophorum callitrix +
Eriophorum +
species +
hyaline +, brown +  and pale blackish +
ovatelanceolate +
plant +  and cespitose +