Cyperaceae
Chamisso's cottongrass
Eriophorum chamissonis
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 红毛羊胡子草, 大型红毛羊胡子草
- Czech
- Suchopýr červenavý
- English
- Chamisso's cottongrass, Red cottongrass
- Finnish
- Ruostevilla
- French
- Linaigrette de Chamisso
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Brannmyrull
- Russian
- Пушица Шамиссо, Пушица средняя
Synonyms
- Eriophorum altaicum var. neogaeum Raymond
- Eriophorum aquatile Norman
- Eriophorum chamissonis f. albidum (F.Nyl.) Fernald
- Eriophorum chamissonis f. albidum (F.Nyl.) Lindm.
- Eriophorum chamissonis f. chamissonis
- Eriophorum chamissonis f. turneri Raymond
- Eriophorum chamissonis subsp. albidum (F.Nyl.) Piper & Beattie
- Eriophorum chamissonis subsp. aquatile (Norman) H.Lindb.
- Eriophorum chamissonis var. albidum (F.Nyl.) Fernald
- Eriophorum chamissonis var. aquatile (Norman) Fernald
- Eriophorum chamissonis var. chamissonis
- Eriophorum chamissonis var. subalbidum H.Lindb.
- Eriophorum eximium V.N.Vassil.
- Eriophorum intermedium Cham. ex C.A.Mey.
- Eriophorum mandshuricum Meinsh.
- Eriophorum mandshuricum subsp. sibiricum M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum russeolum Fr. ex Hartm.
- Eriophorum russeolum Fr.
- Eriophorum russeolum f. albidum (F.Nyl.) Lindm.
- Eriophorum russeolum f. leucothrix Blomgr.
- Eriophorum russeolum f. leucothrix Blomgr.
- Eriophorum russeolum f. subalbidum (H.Lindb.) Holmb.
- Eriophorum russeolum f. subalbidum (H.Lindb.) Blomgr.
- Eriophorum russeolum subsp. albidum (F.Nyl.) Väre
- Eriophorum russeolum subsp. leiocarpum M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum russeolum var. albidum F.Nyl.
- Eriophorum russeolum var. aquatile Norman
- Eriophorum russeolum var. fallax Montell
- Eriophorum russeolum var. leucothrix (Blomgr.) Hultén
- Eriophorum russeolum var. majus Sommier
- Eriophorum strigosum Miyabe & Kudô
- Scirpus chamissonis (C.A.Mey.) T.Koyama
- Scirpus russeolus (Fr.) T.Koyama
- Scirpus russeolus var. major (Sommier) T.Koyama
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Javier martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Javier martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.