Eriophorum gracile
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| Eriophorum gracile W.D.J.Koch |
Eriophorum gracile is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common name slender cottonsedge, or slender cottongrass. This is a plant with circumboreal distribution and extending south into mountain ranges of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in wet areas such as bogs. This is a thin, tall perennial herb with a slender, rounded, solid, mostly naked stem reaching 30 to 60 centimeters in height. It produces a fluffy inflorescence atop its stem with a wispy, cottony white flower. The plants grow in colonies, spreading often by rhizome.
