Trichophorum clintonii

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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 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
  1. Tropicos
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Trichophorum clintonii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  3. Flora of North America v 23 p 31, Trichophorum clintonii
  4. Smith, Stanley Galen. 1995. Novon 5(1): 102.
  5. Löve, Áskell & Löve, Doris Benta Maria. 1965. University of Colorado Studies : Series in Biology 17: 14.
  6. Gray, Asa. 1864. American Journal of Science, and Arts, ser. 2, 38(113): 290.
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