Eriophorum spissum var. Ground level or underground stems not developed horizontally or vertically. Scales absent . 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. Found in wet meadows with Carex and Eriophorum . In shallow water at the edge of pools, it can be found with with Hippurus vulgaris and Ranunculus pallasii.