Description: A common species which is most conspicuous in fruit, when its single head produces silky-white cotton-like plumes. Each shoot produces only one head of flowers/fruit, unlike the common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) or the much rarer broad-leaved cottongrass (E. latifoium).

All names: Eriophorum vaginatum L.; Eriophorum opacum auct.; Eriophorum brachyantherum auct.

Distribution Map from NBN: Eriophorum vaginatum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Eriophorum vaginatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.