• Flower: Purple/brown elongated cluster
• Leaves: grass-like, 1/8 inch wide, toothless, hairless, stalkless, numerous parallel veins, open pore at tip
• Fruit/Seed: spreading capsule, ¼ inch long, ripening from green to yellow
• Height: 4-16 inches
• Flowering: May - July
• Habitat: bogs, fens