Eleocharis uniglumis subsp. uniglumis

Eleocharis halophila Fernald & Brackett; Fernald, Rhodora 37 : 395. 1935.
Eleocharis uniglumis var. halophila Fernald & Brackett, Rhodora 31 : 72. 1929.
Loosely stoloniferous with slender purplish stolons ; culms subrigid, 2-5 dm. high ;
sheaths purplish, acute at the apex; spikelets lanceolate or narrowly ovoid, acute, loosely
5-30-flowered ; lowest scale amplexicaul; fertile scales lanceolate-ovate, acute or subacute,
usually lustrous-purple; achene usually dark lucid brown, obovate, averaging 1.6 mm. long
(excluding the ovoid-deltoid, sometimes bulbiform tubercle) and approximately 1 mm. wide,
the surface smooth ; bristles brown, variable in length.
Type locality : Brackish marshes at the mouth of Bonaventure River, Quebec. Distribution : Borders of salt marshes, Hudson Bay and Newfoundland to Virginia.