Eleocharis austriaca, Hayek

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10. E. austriaca Hayek , Sched. FI. Stir. Exsicc. 19-20: 8 (1910)

( E. leptostylopodiata Zinserl. ).

Stems weak and easily cracked, with 12—16 vascular bundles (visible especially in dried material as distinct ridges). Spikelet 8-20 mm, with 2 subequal, empty glumes each half-encircling its base, in ripe fruit broadly conical, usually yellowish-brown. Nut very finely punctate; stylopodium at least twice as long as wide, with small constriction at junction with nut. Bristles (4—)5(—6), well-developed and usually much longer than nut. 2n= 16. Marshes, lake-shores and streamsides, mainly in upland regions; usually on base-rich soils. Scattered through a large part of Europe, from N. Norway to N. Spain, C. Jugoslavia and S. Ural. Au Br Cz Ga Ge He Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (C, W, E).