Cyperaceae
Tawny cottongrass
Eriophorum virginicum
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
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Eriophorum virginicumCyperaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Tawny cottongrass
- French
- Linaigrette de Virginie
Synonyms
- Eriophoropsis virginica (L.) Palla
- Eriophorum confertissimum Alph.Wood
- Eriophorum virginianum Houtt.
- Eriophorum virginicum f. album (A.Gray) Wiegand
- Eriophorum virginicum f. virginicum
- Eriophorum virginicum var. album A.Gray
- Eriophorum virginicum var. confertissimum (Alph.Wood) Alph.Wood
- Eriophorum virginicum var. gracile Torr.
- Scirpus virginicus (L.) T.Koyama
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
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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.