Triglochin maritima L.
Family: Juncaginaceae
arrow-grass, common bog arrow-grass, seaside arrow-grass
[Triglochin concinna Burtt Davy,  more...]
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium (UWSP)  
Etymology: Triglochin: from the Greek tri, "three," and glochis, "a point," referring to the fruit of some species
Plants: erect, perennial, 8"-30" tall forb with very slender stems
Leaves: erect, up to 20" long Flowers: 6-parted, each flower stalk curved; inflorescence a 4"-16" spike-like cluster (raceme); blooms May-Aug.
Fruits: oblong capsule, fruit drawing
Habitat: sun; moist; bogs, fens
Hazardous: Careful, this plant is hazardous!
Conservation Status: Native
Neutral to alkaline, wet habitats, in southern Wisconsin in calcareous fens, stream borders, sedge meadows surrounding tamarack bog relicts, and flarks in a string bog, across the north on peat-sedge mats on the margins of "bog" lakes with ericads, carnivorous plants, and rare orchids, wet openings within conifer swamps, cobbly, marly, or sandy shores, and slough and lagoon fens along Lake Superior, also sand ridges at Baileys Harbor. A circumpolar, morphologically variable, cytologically diverse complex (see Löve & Löve 1958, Ford & Ball 1988).
    Far more common than T. palustris, with which it sometimes grows.
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