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Trichophorum alpinum
Also called Cotton Deergrass, Hudson Bay Clubrush, Alpine Clubrush, Alpine Cottongrass, Alpine Leafless Bulrush, Northern Clubrush
Alpine bulrush (Trichophorum alpinum) is a small, leafless-looking sedge from cold northern regions, found in bogs and mountain meadows. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, so it is grown mainly in bog or native gardens where cool, wet, acidic to lime-rich conditions can be matched.
Trichophorum alpinum, commonly known as alpine bulrush or cotton deergrass, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. It is present in Europe, Asia, and northern North America.
This sedge produces stems up to 40 centimeters (16 in) tall from a short rhizome. The leaves are no more than a centimeter long. The flowers have cottony white bristles that may extend 2 centimeters (0.79 in) past the spikelet.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trichophorum alpinum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
