Eriophorum Virginicum Linnaeus, p. 167
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39. Eriophorum Virginicum Linnaeus
Leaves flat very long narrowly linear; spikes clustered erect, nearly sessile, involucre 2 to 3 leaved; bristles rusty colored only thrice the length of the scale;-forming dense cotton like heads; stamen one. Culm 2 to 4 feet high, rigid, nearly terete below, obtusely triangular above. Flowers in May.
Cranberry marshes &c througout Wisconsin. Found also in Ohio, Michigan, and about Lake Superior. Extends to the southern states.
Plat I fig 15-a the flower; b, the scale, c. the achenium.
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