Cyperaceae
Arctic cottongrass
Eriophorum callitrix
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Arctic cottongrass
- French
- Linaigrette à belle crinière
Synonyms
- Eriophorum callitrix f. moravium (Raymond) B.Boivin
- Eriophorum callitrix var. callitrix
- Eriophorum callitrix var. moravium Raymond
- Eriophorum callitrix var. pallidus Hultén
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: D. Gordon E. Robertson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eero Koskinen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tait Sougstad, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.