Eriophorum scheuchzeri is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names Scheuchzer`s cottongrass and white cottongrass. It has a arctic circumpolar and circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. The mainland race of Eriophorum scheuchzeri – ssp. scheuchzeri – differs from the Svalbard race – ssp. arcticum – in several characters.