Eriophorum callitrix: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Cyperaceae
- Genus
- Eriophorum
- Species
- Eriophorum callitrix
- Scientific Name
- Eriophorum callitrix
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Eriophorum callitrix
Eriophorum callitrix, commonly known as Arctic cotton, Arctic cottongrass, suputi, or pualunnguat in Inuktitut, is a perennial Arctic plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is one of the most widespread flowering plants in the northern hemisphere and tundra regions. Upon every stem grows a single round, white and wooly fruit. The seeds are covered in this cottony mass and usually disperse when the wind carries them away.
...Eriophorum callitrix in languages:
- English
- Sheathed Cotton-grass
- English
- Arctic cotton-grass
- French
- linaigrette à belle crinière
- Russian
- Пушица красивощетинковая
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Eriophorum angustifolium
- Eriophorum brachyantherum
- Eriophorum callitrix
- Eriophorum chamissonis
- Eriophorum comosum
- Eriophorum gracile
- Eriophorum humile
- Eriophorum latifolium
- Eriophorum scheuchzeri
- Eriophorum tenellum
- Eriophorum tolmatchevii
- Eriophorum transiens
- Eriophorum vaginatum
- Eriophorum virginicum
- Eriophorum viridicarinatum
- Eriophorum × beringianum
- Eriophorum × medium
- Eriophorum × pylaieanum
- Eriophorum × rousseauianum








































