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Eriophorum latifolium
broad-leaved cotton grass
Botanical details
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Genus
Eriophorum
- Genus description
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
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