ON THIS PLANT
Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names Scheuchzer's cottongrass and white cottongrass. It has an arctic circumpolar and circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found in Alaska, across Canada, in the Arctic islands, Greenland, Iceland, and across Eurasia. Disjunct occurrences exist in the Rocky Mountains, in the high mountains of southern Europe (the Pyrenees, Alps, and the Caucasus) and on Mount Daisetsu in Japan and some other Asian mountains.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Eriophorum
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 1-6
- Mature Height
- 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Blue
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 1.52 cm to 3.05 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en White Cottongrass en Dense cotton-grass en Shealted cotton-grass en Scheuchzer's cottongrass en One-spike cottongrass
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