Biology:Trichophorum clintonii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae

Trichophorum clintonii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: 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, the Clinton's bulrush,[2] 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.[3]

Trichophorum clintonii is a perennial herb up to 40 centimeters (16 in) tall, forming dense clumps but without rhizomes. Culms are triangular in cross-section. Leaves are up to 25 centimeters (9.8 in) long. The inflorescences is one brown spikelet with three to six flowers. Achenes are flattened triangles about 2 millimeters (0.079 in) long.[3][4][5][6]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15566039 entry