- Eriophorum gracile
Taxobox
name = "Eriophorum gracile"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Liliopsida
ordo =Poales
familia =Cyperaceae
genus = "Eriophorum "
species = "E. gracile"
binomial = "Eriophorum gracile"
binomial_authority = 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
bog s. 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 fluffyinflorescence atop its stem with a wispy, cottony white flower. The plants grow in colonies, spreading often byrhizome .External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7928,8123,8125 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERGR8 USDA Plants Profile]
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