What is Eriophorum?
{{italic title}} '''''Eriophorum''''' (also called '''cotton grass''') is a [[genus]] of about 25 species of [[flowering plant]]s. It is in the family [[Cyperaceae]]. They grow in [[temperate]] regions in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. They are especially abundant in [[Arctic]] [[tundra]] regions.<ref name=fna>{{cite book |author=Ball, Peter W. & Daniel E. Wujek |year=2002 |editor=Flora of North America Editorial Committee |title=Cyperaceae |volume=23 |work=[[Flora of North America|Flora of North America North of Mexico]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-515207-4 |chapter=''Eriophorum'' Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 52. 1753; Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 27. 1754 |pages=21–27 |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=112065}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Poales]] {{biology-stub}}