- Eriophorum vaginatum L. - Hare's-tail Cottongrass - Cyperaceae
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© Roy Anderson
(Map updated: March 2008)
A common species which is most conspicuous in fruit, when its single head produces silky-white cotton-like plumes. Each shoot produces only one head of flowers/fruit, unlike the common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) or the much rarer broad-leaved cottongrass (E. latifoium).
All names: Eriophorum vaginatum L.; Eriophorum opacum auct.; Eriophorum brachyantherum auct.
NBN Atlas mapping: Species account : NBN Atlas UK Species Observations database
iNaturalist: Species account : iNaturalist World Species Observations database