Cyperaceae
Tall cottongrass
Eriophorum angustifolium
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (36)
- Arabic
- كتان المستنقعات ضيق الأوراق
- Belarusian
- Падвей многакаласковы, Падвей, Ядрэц
- Bulgarian
- Теснолистна пушица, Пушица теснолистна
- Chinese
- 东方羊胡子草
- Czech
- Suchopýr úzkolistý
- Danish
- Smalbladet Kæruld
- Dutch
- Veenpluis
- English
- Tall cottongrass, Common cottongrass, Bog cotton, Common cottonsedge
- Esperanto
- Mallarĝfolia erioforo
- Estonian
- Ahtalehine villpea
- Finnish
- Luhtavilla
- French
- Linaigrette à feuilles étroites, Linaigrette a feuilles etroites
- frr
- Olruus
- German
- Schmalblättriges Wollgras, Schmalblatt-Wollgras
- gv
- Cadee lheeanagh
- hsb
- Wuska wołmica, Wołmušk
- Hungarian
- Keskenylevelű gyapjúsás
- Icelandic
- Klófífa
- Irish
- Ceannbhán
- Japanese
- エリオフォルム・アングスティフォリウム, シュムシュワタスゲ
- kw
- Goonbluven
- Latvian
- Šaurlapu spilve
- Lithuanian
- Siauralapis švylys
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Duskmyrull
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Duskull
- Polish
- Wełnianka wąskolistna
- Russian
- Пушица узколистная, Многоколосковая пушица, Пушица многоколосковая, Пушица печальная
- Slovak
- Páperník úzkolistý
- Slovenian
- Ozkolistni munec
- stq
- Muurk, Puuskat, Wulgäärs
- Swedish
- Ängsull
- Tatar
- Тар яфраклы мамыкбаш
- Telugu
- ఎరియోఫోరం అంగుస్టిఫోలియం
- Ukrainian
- Пухівка вузьколиста, Пухівка багатоколоскова
- Walloon
- Tchitchoûle ås stroetès foyes
- Welsh
- Plu'r gweunydd
Synonyms
- Eriophorum angustifolium subsp. subarcticum (Vassil) Hultén
- Eriophorum angustifolium var. angustifolium
- Eriophorum polystachion f. angustifolium (Honck.) Regel
- Eriophorum polystachion var. angustifolium (Honck.) A.Gray
- Plumaria angustifolia (Honck.) Bubani
- Scirpus angustifolius (Honck.) T.Koyama
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 230 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ian Manning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: steve b, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: John Kenrick Gibson, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rostyslav Yurechko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Irene Grassi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anastasia Titovets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.