Plants in Sweden: Tall cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium, SE: Ängsull, DE: Schmalblättriges Wollgras,
NL: Veenpluis, UK: Tall cottongrass, Tall cottonsedge


Scientific name:		Eriophorum angustifolium Honck.
Swedish name:		Ängsull
German name:		Schmalblättriges Wollgras
Nederlandse naam:		Veenpluis
English name:		Tall cottongrass, Tall cottonsedge
Family:		Cyperaceae, Sedge Family, Halvgräs

Sweden Flowers, Eriophorum angustifolium, Ängsull, Schmalblättriges Wollgras, Veenpluis, Common cottongrass, Common cottonsedge


Life form:		Creeping rhizome
Stems:		Height 20-80cm
Leaves:		Leaf blade is flat or rolled in at the edges
Flowers:		Flower heads with many small flowers arranged in spikelets, emerging from inside the stem and gradually growing taller
Flowering Period:		April-July
Fruits:		Achene, dark brown with cotton-like hairs; the fruit is triangular to terete (circular) in cross-section
Habitat:		In bogs and swamps
Distribution:		Throughout the country

Eriophorum angustifolium, Ängsull, Schmalblättriges Wollgras, Veenpluis, Common cottongrass, Common cottonsedge

Derivation of the botanical name:
Eriophorum from the Greek, erion, "wool", and forew (phoreo), "to bring or carry"; hence, "wool bearing."
angustifolium angustus, "drawn together, narrow"; folium, leaf; meaning narrow leaved.

The standard author abbreviation Honck. is used to indicate Gerhard August Honckeny (1724 – 1805) , a German botanist.

Flowers in Sweden, Eriophorum angustifolium, Ängsull, Schmalblättriges Wollgras, Veenpluis, Common cottongrass, Common cottonsedge