Eriophorum scheuchzeri
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Eriophorum scheuchzeri

White Cottongrass · Dense cotton-grass · Shealted cotton-grass · Scheuchzer's cottongrass · One-spike cottongrass

Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun
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Hardiness
Zone 1–6
Click count
123
Observations
829

Description

Source: leafsnap

Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names Scheuchzer's cottongrass and white cottongrass. It has an arctic circumpolar and circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. It can be found in Alaska, across Canada, in the Arctic islands, Greenland, Iceland, and across Eurasia. Disjunct occurrences exist in the Rocky Mountains, in the high mountains of southern Europe (the Pyrenees, Alps, and the Caucasus) and on Mount Daisetsu in Japan and some other Asian mountains.

Care Guide

💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 0–25°C
Ideal temperature: 0–25°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity

Characteristics

Plant Type
Grass
Life Cycle
Perennial
Genus
Eriophorum
Family
Cyperaceae
Hardiness Zone
1-6
Mature Height
61 cm
Mature Spread
10 cm to 20 cm
Leaf Color
Green, Blue
Leaf Type
Evergreen
Flower Color
White
Flower Size
1.52 cm to 3.05 cm
Bloom Time
Early summer, Mid summer
Planting Time
Spring
Harvest Time
Late summer, Early fall

Tags (6)

Common Names (5)

en White Cottongrass
en Dense cotton-grass
en Shealted cotton-grass
en Scheuchzer's cottongrass
en One-spike cottongrass