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Herbarium specimen: Eriophorum latifolium

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe ("Broad-leaved Cottongrass")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:15/6/1935
Locality:Great Britain, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire, Austwick Moss, SD762666, Boggy ground.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Eriophorum latifolium herbarium specimen from Austwick Moss, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire in 1935 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:2009
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Stem base with loose fiting leaf sheath. Peduncles asperous, leaves rather broader than angustifolia. Bristles 2-3 times as long as spikelet.
Filing note:Cyperaceae (Blysmus to Scirpus)

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Documented by johned on 3rd July 2012.

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