Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Eriophorum angustifoliumM Honckeny ssp. subarcticum (Vassiljev) Hultén ex Kartesz & Gandhi

Family: Cyperaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny var. coloratum Hultén, Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny var. giganteum Hultén, Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny var. majus F.W. Schultz, Eriophorum polystachion L., Eriophorum polystachion L., Eriophorum polystachyon, Eriophorum polystachyon L.

Common names:

Broad cotton-grass [Broad cotton grass] (1903) (66)

Cotton-grass [Cotton grass, Cottongrass] (1840-Present) (3, 19, 50, 92)

Tall cotton-grass [Tall cotton grass] (1907, IA) (72)

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