Tall Cottongrass

Eriophorum angustifolium Honck. ssp. triste (Th. Fr.) Hultén - Sedge family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 12 inches

Plant Type: Graminoid

Features

Flower Color: White, Yellow, Brown

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
  • DEN:  Greenland
Regional Native Status: AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.