Eriophorum gracile

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the sedge family Cyperaceae}}

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|genus = Eriophorum

|species = gracile

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Eriophorum gracile is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae. It is known by the common name slender cottongrass,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }}{{PLANTS|id=ERGR8|taxon=Eriophorum gracile|accessdate=18 January 2016}} or slender cottonsedge. Eriophorum gracile is a plant with circumboreal distribution, extending south into mountain ranges of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows in wet areas such as bogs.

Eriophorum gracile is a thin, tall perennial herb with a slender, rounded, solid, mostly naked stem reaching 30 to 60 centimeters in height. It produces a fluffy inflorescence atop its stem with a wispy, cottony white flower. The plants grow in colonies, often spreading vegetatively by rhizome.