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Herbarium specimen: Eleocharis uniglumis

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Eleocharis uniglumis (Link) Schult. ("Slender Spike-rush")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:3/7/1946
Locality:Great Britain, VC109 Caithness, Thurso, ND116679, Right bank of Thurso river above bridge. Marshy saline ground.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Eleocharis uniglumis herbarium specimen from Thurso, VC109 Caithness in 1946 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:1989
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Glumes darker and less scarious than E. palustre, lowest glume longer. Nut less *trigonal, more *cylindrical [*symbols]
Filing note:Cyperaceae (Blysmus to Scirpus)

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Documented by johned on 4th July 2012.

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