Common Cottongrass or eriophorum angustifolium

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Date:21st of June 1947

Description:Common Cottongrass is a perennnial abundant in wet places on the moors. It differs from the hare's-tail cottongrass by having more than one flowering head.

Flowering between May and June, and fruiting from May to July, it can grow to a height of 60cm.

This example was found growing at Craddock's Moss, near Audley in Staffordshire by Eric Edees.

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This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

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Rivers, Streams & Brooks Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs Canals Agriculture & Countryside

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