Cyperaceae
White cottongrass
Eriophorum scheuchzeri
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (15)
- Chinese
- 羊胡子草, 羊鬍子草
- Czech
- Suchopýr Scheuchzerův
- Dutch
- Scheuchers wollegras, Scheucher's wollegras
- English
- White cottongrass
- Finnish
- Töppövilla
- French
- Linaigrette de Scheuchzer
- German
- Scheuchzers Wollgras, Scheuchzer-Wollgras
- hsb
- Hórska wołmica
- Icelandic
- Hrafnafífa
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Snømyrull
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Snøull
- Polish
- Wełnianka Scheuchzera
- Russian
- Пушица Шейхцера
- Swedish
- Polarull
- Ukrainian
- Пухівка Шейхцера
Synonyms
- Plumaria scheuchzeri (Hoppe) Bubani
- Scirpus scheuchzeri (Hoppe) Vitman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Simon Eugster --– Simon / ?! 18:44, 24 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Simon Eugster --– Simon / ?! 20:31, 23 October 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Atelier jardin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: M Mercè Bombardó Alemany, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gallus42, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: mamoma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gallus42, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andrew Bossi, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: AnneMo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.