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Eriophorum vaginatum, the hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, or sheathed cottonsedge, is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae. It is native to bogs and other acidic wetlands throughout the Holarctic Kingdom. It is a 30–60 cm high tussock-forming plant with solitary spikes.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Eriophorum
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 2-10
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 61 cm
- Mature Spread
- 15 cm to 30 cm
- Leaf Color
- Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early spring, Mid spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Estonia, Koppen, Romania, Latvia, Belgium, Netherlands, France, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Armenia, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, Lithuania, Norway, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, Japan, Mongolia, Finland, Ireland, United Kingdom, Hungary, Azerbaijan
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Tussock cotton-grass en Hare-tail cotton-grass en Hare's-tail Cottongrass en Tussock Cottongrass en Tussock Cottonsedge en Sheathed Cottongrass en Cottongrass en Harestail en Hare's-tail Cotton Sedge en Harestail cotton-grass en Bomullgress
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