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Eriophorum latifolium

Broad-leaved Cottongrass

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Common names

Broad-leaved Cottongrass

Scientific name

Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

А perennial herbaceous plant. Height 0,3 to 0,6 m. Peduncles have bristly hairs. Flowering April-July¹.

Habitat

In marsh and peatlands in the high fields and mountains².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Map of distribution in Bulgaria of Eriophorum latifolium by floristic regions³:

Between 900 and 2700 m altitude⁴.

General distribution

All Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, East Asia, Asia Minor, North America⁵.

References

1 Пенев, Ив. 1964. Флора на Народна Република България, том II. София.

2 Пенев, Ив. 1964. Пос. източник.

3 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov & R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation.

4 Assyov, B., A. Petrova, D. Dimitrov & R. Vassilev. 2012. Conspectus of the vascular flora of Bulgaria. Sofia, Bulgarian biodiversity foundation.

5 Пенев, Ив. 1964. Пос. източник.

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