(modifié de Coste, Flore de la France 1937) :
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Plante vivace de 30-70 cm, glaucescente, à souche rampante ; tige trigone, à angles obtus et lisses ;
Écologie : Bords des eaux, dans presque toute la France.
Répartition hors de France : Europe; Asie occidentale et boréale ; Amérique boréale.
(modified from Butcher, British Flora 1961):
NOTE: the French text is more complete and up-to-date
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stout, glabrous perennial with an erect stem, smooth below and rather rough and trigonous above, 30-60 cm high, growing from a shortly creeping stock
Ecology UK: (distribution according to flora) It is spread all over the British Isles, and occurs, often abundantly, in wet, peaty places and pool margins in the wetter districts.
France:
Distribution outside France: ?
Fleurs : épis mâles 2-3, linéaires, fauves; les femelles 2-4, cylindriques, denses, assez écartés, dressés, l'inférieur pédonculé ; bractées sans gaine, dépassant la tige; écailles roussâtres, lancéolées ; 3 stigmates ;
Floraison France : Mai-juillet
Flowers: Inflorescence comprising a long, terminal male spikelet with 1-2 smaller ones mixed or male below and 2-3 stalked female spikelets 20-30 mm long almost contiguous beneath, spreading in fruit; lowest bract long, leaf-like, exceeding inflorescence; female glume 3-5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, brown with pale midrib.
Flowering UK: Mid June-late July
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