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Eriophorum angustifolium

Found in abundance on acid peat on raised and blanket bogs. The plant is fairly inconspicuous in flower, but in fruit it produced plumes of white cotton-like hairs which give the plant its common name. There are two or more fruiting heads per plant, which distinguishes it from the other common species, the Hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum).
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Website: Flora of Northern Ireland, National Museums of Northern Ireland


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