Eriophorum capitatum Torr. Leaves mostly basal. Blades adaxial surface glabrous. Leaf or reduced bract closely associated with the base of the inflorescence absent . Terminal spike with both sexes in each floret.
Flowers sessile or subsessile.
Stigmas per style 3. Range in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago wide-spread. Ecology and habitat. Can form dense stands, almost monocultures. Also found in wet meadows with Carex , or in marshes as emergents with Pleuropogon sabinei .