Cyperaceae
Slender cottongrass
Eriophorum gracile
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (23)
- Belarusian
- Падвей зграбны, Падвей стройны
- Bulgarian
- Нежна пушица
- Chinese
- 细秆羊胡子草, 细稈羊鬍子草, 细稈羊胡子草
- Czech
- Suchopýr štíhlý
- Dutch
- Slank wollegras
- English
- Slender cottongrass
- Estonian
- Sale villpea
- Finnish
- Hoikkavilla
- French
- Linaigrette grêle
- German
- Schlankes Wollgras, Zierliches Wollgras
- hsb
- Šwižna wołmica
- Hungarian
- Vékony gyapjúsás
- Japanese
- サギスゲ
- Latvian
- Slaidā spilve
- Lithuanian
- Lieknasis švylys
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Småmyrull
- Polish
- Wełnianka delikatna
- Russian
- Пушица стройная, Пушица азиатская, Пушица корейская
- Swedish
- Kärrull
- Tatar
- Нечкә мамыкбаш
- Ukrainian
- Пухівка струнка
- Walloon
- Greye tchitchoûle
- Welsh
- Plu'r gweunydd eiddil
Synonyms
- Eriophorum asiaticum V.N.Vassil.
- Eriophorum coreanum Palla
- Eriophorum gracile subsp. asiaticum (V.N.Vassil.) M.S.Novos.
- Eriophorum gracile subsp. asiaticum Tolm.
- Eriophorum gracile subsp. coreanum (Palla) Hultén
- Eriophorum gracile subsp. hoefftii (F.Nyl.) Nyman
- Eriophorum gracile var. caurianum Fernald
- Eriophorum gracile var. coreanum (Palla) Ohwi
- Eriophorum gracile var. gracile
- Eriophorum gracile var. paucinervium Engelm.
- Eriophorum hoefftii F.Nyl.
- Eriophorum pallidum Nees
- Eriophorum paucinervium (Engelm.) A.A.Eaton
- Eriophorum polystachion subsp. gracile (W.D.J.Koch) Bonnier & Layens
- Eriophorum triquetrum Hoppe
- Scirpus ardea T.Koyama
- Scirpus ardea var. coreanus (Palla) T.Koyama
Flowers
- In flower
- July (from 1,425 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, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: naturalist charlie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrice Dupont, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist ![Slender cottongrass: Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth[Dét. : Mathilde DUVERGER], Localisation Lituanie > Tourbière](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Eriophorum_gracile-000091757O.jpg/1280px-Eriophorum_gracile-000091757O.jpg)
Photo: Mathilde DUVERGER [CC BY-SA], via Tela Botanica, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Keisotyo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sam Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Eriophorum
- Tall cottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumCyperaceae
- Tussock cottongrassEriophorum vaginatumCyperaceae
- Broad-leaved cottongrassEriophorum latifoliumCyperaceae
- White cottongrassEriophorum scheuchzeriCyperaceae
- Arctic cottongrassEriophorum callitrixCyperaceae
- Chamisso's cottongrassEriophorum chamissonisCyperaceae
- Northland cottonsedgeEriophorum brachyantherumCyperaceae
- Fewnerved cottongrassEriophorum tenellumCyperaceae
- Tawny cottongrassEriophorum virginicumCyperaceae
- Thinleaf cottonsedgeEriophorum viridicarinatumCyperaceae
- Eriophorum humileCyperaceae
- Eriophorum tolmatcheviiCyperaceae
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.