Triglochin palustris

Marsh arrowgrass
Stand of thin, grass like plants with tall, narrow inflorescences

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Juncaginaceae
Genus: Triglochin
Species:
T. palustris
Binomial name
Triglochin palustris
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Abbotia palustris (L.) Raf. (1836)
    • Juncago palustris (L.) Moench (1794)
    • Triglochin andina Phil. (1873)
    • Triglochin asiatica var. komarovii (Lipsch. & Pavlov) Tzvelev (1984)
    • Triglochin chilensis Meyen (1834)
    • Triglochin crassiculmis (Tzvelev) Prob. (2006)
    • Triglochin fonticola Phil. (1860)
    • Triglochin himalensis Royle (1840)
    • Triglochin juncea Gilib. (1792)
    • Triglochin komarovii Lipsch. & Pavlov (1936)
    • Triglochin palustris var. crassiculmis Tzvelev (1984)
    • Triglochin palustris var. salina Mert. & W.D.J.Koch (1826)
    • Tristemon palustris (L.) Raf. (1819)


Triglochin palustris or marsh arrowgrass[3][4] is a species of flowering plant in the arrowgrass family Juncaginaceae. It is found in damp grassland usually on calcareous soils, fens and meadows. The species epithet palustris is Latin for "of the marsh" and indicates its common habitat.[5] It has a circumboreal distribution, occurring throughout northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found locally in the British Isles especially the north.[6]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Triglochin palustris". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Triglochin palustris L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ NRCS. "Triglochin palustris". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  5. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 258, at Google Books
  6. ^ Rose, Francis (2006). The Wild Flower Key. Frederick Warne & Collins. pp. 486–487. ISBN 978-0-7232-5175-0.