Eriophorum latifolium, SE: Gräsull, DE: Breitblättriges Wollgras,
NL: Breed wollegras, UK: Broad-leaved Cotton Grass

Scientific name:		Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe
Swedish name:		Gräsull; synonym: bredbladig ängsull
German name:		Breitblättriges Wollgras
Nederlandse naam:		Breed wollegras
English name:		Broad-leaved Cotton Grass
Family:		Cyperaceae, Halvgräs, Sedge Family

Life form:		Laxly caespitose; Perennial
Stems:		Height 25-45 cm, tufted stems rough stalks with minute teeth; peduncle scabrid
Leaves:		3-8 mm wide, flat
Flowers:		Cottony heads c. 1-3 cm long; 2 to 12 heads
Flowering Period:		April-June
Fruits:		Seedlike achenia; Pappus hairs forked at ends
Habitat:		Fens, calcareous flushes, bare stony non-calcareous flushes, dune slacks, often on firm ground.
Distribution:		From Skåne to Jämtland; further north it is rare

Derivation of the botanical name: Eriophorum from the Greek, erion, "wool", and forew (phoreo), "to bring or carry"; hence, "wool bearing", latifolium, Latin latus, Latin, broad; folium, leaves, broad-bladed. The standard author abbreviation Hoppe is used to indicate David Heinrich Hoppe (1760 – 1846), a German pharmacist, botanist and physician.