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Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

broad-leaved cottongrass (Cyperaceae)

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Eriophorum latifolium is rarer than Eriophorum angustifolium and usually grows in less acidic places; its stems are bluntly triangular with a close-fitting upper leaf sheath, and its leaves are flat with only a short pyramidal tip.

Dolomites, Italy; 2012-07-04

 broad-leaved cottongrass / Eriophorum latifolium: _Eriophorum latifolium_ is rarer than _Eriophorum angustifolium_ and usually grows in less acidic places; its stems are bluntly triangular with a close-fitting upper leaf sheath, and its leaves are flat with only a short pyramidal tip.

In Eriophorum latifolium, the pedicels are minutely rough and the glumes are long (>6 mm) with a narrow scarious margin, in contrast with Eriophorum angustifolium.

Dolomites, Italy; 2012-07-04

 broad-leaved cottongrass / Eriophorum latifolium: In _Eriophorum latifolium_, the pedicels are minutely rough and the glumes are long (>6 mm) with a narrow scarious margin, in contrast with _Eriophorum angustifolium_.

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