Eriophorum

RHS Plant Profile
cotton grass

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Other common names

cat's locks, cotton rush, cotton sedge, moss crops, wild cotton, sedge grass

Botanical Details

Family
Cyperaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Genus
Eriophorum are evergreen rhizomatous perennials forming spreading clumps of tufted, linear leaves, with solitary or clustered, ovoid black-scaled, silky-haired flower-heads, followed by conspicuous cottony white fruiting heads
Name Status
Correct