Cyperaceae
Tussock cottongrass
Eriophorum vaginatum
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Common names
By language (28)
- Belarusian
- Падвей похвены
- Bulgarian
- Влагалищна пушица
- Chinese
- 白毛羊胡子草, 羊胡子草, 羊鬍子草, 岩梭
- Czech
- Suchopýr pochvatý
- Danish
- Tue-Kæruld
- Dutch
- Eenarig wollegras
- English
- Tussock cottongrass, Hare's-tail cottongrass, Sheathed cottongrass, Sheathed cottonsedge
- Estonian
- Tupp-villpea
- Finnish
- Tupasvilla
- French
- Linaigrette vaginée, Inaigrette vaginée, Linaigrette dense, Linaigrette à large gaine, Linaigrette engainée
- German
- Scheiden-Wollgras, Scheidiges Wollgras, Linaigrette vaginée, Moor-Wollgras, Scheidenwollgras, Schneiden-Wollgras
- hsb
- Puckata wołmica
- Hungarian
- Hüvelyes gyapjúsás
- Japanese
- ワタスゲ, スズメノケヤリ
- Korean
- 황새풀
- Latvian
- Makstainā spilve
- Lithuanian
- Kupstinis švylys, Linaigrette vaginée
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Torvmyrull, Torvull
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Torvull
- Polish
- Wełnianka pochwowata
- Russian
- Пушица влагалищная
- se
- Vilgesoairássi, Gieganjuolla, Miektaullu
- smn
- Ullorääsi
- Swedish
- Tuvull, Hadd, Hardun, Madun, Myrdun, Svarthuvud, Svarthövda, Svartägdä
- Tatar
- Җиңсәле мамыкбаш
- Ukrainian
- Пухівка піхвова
- Walloon
- Simpe tchitchoûle
- Welsh
- Plu'r gweunydd unben
Synonyms
- Eriophorum caespitosum Host
- Eriophorum caespitosum var. humilius E.Mey.
- Eriophorum callithrix Lange
- Eriophorum callitrix var. erubescens Fernald
- Eriophorum fauriei E.G.Camus
- Eriophorum kerneri Ullep.
- Eriophorum scabridum Ohwi
- Eriophorum spissum Fernald
- Eriophorum spissum var. erubescens (Fernald) Fernald
- Eriophorum vaginatum f. erubescens (Fernald) B.Boivin
- Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. spissum (Fernald) Hultén
- Eriophorum vaginatum subsp. vaginatum
- Eriophorum vaginatum var. fauriei (E.G.Camus) Kitag.
- Eriophorum vaginatum var. spissum (Fernald) B.Boivin
- Linagrostis vaginata (L.) Scop.
- Plumaria vaginata (L.) Bubani
- Scirpus fauriei (E.G.Camus) T.Koyama
- Scirpus fauriei subsp. vaginatus T.Koyama
- Scirpus vaginatus (L.) Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,532 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James Glen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Sylvain Montagner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Elke Freese, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Przykuta, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Σ64, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0, 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.