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Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers.

See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Matthew 6:28-29 

English anagrams
Germany
Russia

Distribution in USA and Canada

USA (AK, CT, ID, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NY, RI, VT, WI), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), FRA (SPM)


Map for Trichophorum alpinum (L.) Pers.
USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Cyperaceae

Genus: Trichophorum

Species

PLANT PROFILE  : (*)

Common names

U.S. name: alpine bulrush

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Baeothryon alpinum (L.) Egor.
= Eriophorum alpinum L.
= Leucocoma alpina (L.) Rydb.
= Scirpus hudsonianus (Michx.) Fernald

Images

Trichophorum alpinum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 323.

Trichophorum alpinum
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.

Other informations

Index of taxa

Genera of  Cyperaceae: