Description
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Glabrous perennial plant not more than 1 m tall; stem slender. Leaves usually absent from the flowering stem, very narrow, linear, 1-2 (-3) mm broad. Flowering stem at base surrounded by several short, bladeless lance-tipped sheaths. Male and female parts of inflorescence separate; male spikes hairless; pollen in tetrads; female spikes cylindric, sometimes enlarged above, dark brown in colour; female flowers covered by bracts; hairs and bracts are equal in length.
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- Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
Distribution
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Distribution: Central and Atlantic Europe to Asia.
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