Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

Taxonomy: Fam. Cyperaceae// Genus: Eriophorum// Species: Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Jermy in Tutin et al. (1980).

Lifeform: Perrenial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Caucasus; Mongolia; North Korea according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open wet habitats – mountain streams at c. 1500 m altitude (Ponikva).

Flowering period: Early summer: JUN.

Eriophorum latifolium – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – inflorescence. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets and bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets and bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets and bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets and bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets and bracts. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – the bristles are branched at apex. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – bracts and peduncles. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – spikelet and peducle under magnification. The peduncles are scabrid. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stem and cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stems and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stems and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stem with lower cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stem and adaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – abaxial side of cauline leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – leaf sheath. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – leaf sheath. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – stem base with basal leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal leaves of vegetative shoot. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – adaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – abaxial side of basal leaf. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – width of basal leaf. Scale in mm/cm. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Eriophorum latifolium – basal sheaths. Osogovo – Ponikva, 18.06.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:307375-1 [Accessed 19.06.2023].

Eriophorum L. Jermy, A. C. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 280 – 281.

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