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Broad-leaved cottongrass

Eriophorum latifolium

Also called Broad Leaf Cottonsedge

Broad-leaved cottongrass
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Native range
Europe to Caucasus, Mongolia, N. Korea
Climate
temperate

About

Eriophorum latifolium, commonly known as broad-leaved bog-cotton and broad-leaved cotton grass, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Cyperaceae.

Where it grows

Eriophorum latifolium is native to Europe. Some authorities report that its range extends into Asia as far as North Korea, while others claim it is strictly a European species not found east of the Urals.

Other Eriophorum plants

Tall cottongrass · Northland cottonsedge · Arctic cottongrass · Chamisso's cottongrass · Slender cottongrass · White cottongrass · Fewnerved cottongrass · Tussock cottongrass · Tawny cottongrass · Thinleaf cottonsedge · Cottongrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriophorum latifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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