Nederlands: Veenpluis
Español: Hierba algodonera
Français: Linaigrette à feuilles étroites
Deutsch: Schmalblättrige Wollgras
Family: Cyperaceae - Sedges
Flowering time: April - June
Height: 25-60cm
Altitude: to 2400m
Colour: brown and green flowers develop into white seed-heads
Habitat: peat or acidic soils, meadows, dunes, open wetland, heath or moorland
Distribution: most countries of Europe
Note: In the Netherlands common in the province of Drenthe
![Eriophorum angustifolium - Common cottongrass - Veenpluis - Hierba algodonera - Linaigrette à feuilles étroites - Schmalblättrige Wollgras](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGye0xSNv2AoWPsB9XvDvLWafUoN4zYr7ZLWawFxSOxppmgK_rKx6R6RIfiQzD5I9tuFFRk5b-MbliWVHr4D4maMasKIi31JpnunsOD2gFvV3MUFwM6I1C4Tcj4AGi6RU3z5QNY8fX9M/s200/Eriophorum+angustifolium+DSC01508vs.jpg)
Related key words: Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, La Besurta, Plan de Aiguallut, Barranco de Mulleres (Benasque), Ordesa (Torla), Lago Bachimaña (Panticosa), Collado de Ibón (Plan), Alps, alpine plant