Cyperaceae
Broad-leaved cottongrass
Eriophorum latifolium
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (27)
- Armenian
- Կիզխոտ լայնատերև
- arz
- اريوفوروم لاتيفوليوم
- Belarusian
- Падвей шыракалісты, Зайцы
- Bulgarian
- Широколистна пушица
- Chinese
- 宽叶羊胡子草
- Czech
- Suchopýr širolistý
- Danish
- Bredbladet kæruld
- Dutch
- Breed wollegras
- English
- Broad-leaved cottongrass
- Estonian
- Laialehine villpea
- Finnish
- Lettovilla
- French
- Linaigrette à feuilles larges, Linaigrette a feuilles larges
- German
- Breitblättriges Wollgras
- hsb
- Šěroka wołmica
- Hungarian
- Széleslevelű gyapjúsás
- Latvian
- Platlapu spilve
- Lithuanian
- Plačialapis švylys
- nds
- Veenpluus
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Bredmyrull
- Polish
- Wełnianka szerokolistna
- Russian
- Пушица широколистная
- Serbian
- Широколисни ветрогон
- Swedish
- Gräsull
- Tatar
- Киң яфраклы мамыкбаш
- Ukrainian
- Пухівка широколиста
- Walloon
- Tchitchoûle ås lådjès foyes
- Welsh
- Plu‘r gweunydd llydanddail
Synonyms
- Carex alopecurus Lapeyr.
- Eriophorum depauperatum Arv.-Touv.
- Eriophorum latifolium var. congestum Baguet
- Eriophorum latifolium var. ramosum Gray
- Eriophorum polystachion f. latifolium (Hoppe) Regel
- Eriophorum polystachion subsp. latifolium (Hoppe) Bonnier & Layens
- Eriophorum polystachion var. latifolium (Hoppe) A.Gray
- Eriophorum pubescens Sm.
- Eriophorum vulgare Pers.
- Plumaria latifolia (Hoppe) Bubani
- Scirpus angustifolius subsp. latifolius (Hoppe) T.Koyama
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 94 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Moreau.henri, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: T. Kebert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: kalopsia, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
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Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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). About our plant data.