SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) flowering, Shetland, Scotland, UK, July.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), three climbing tree. Northern Colombia.

Suzi Eszterhas / Cotton-top tamarin (Saguinus oedipus), adult with two week old baby on back. Northern Colombia.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) growing on Garbh Eilean with the Isle of Lewis behind, Shiant Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. June.

Thomas Marent / Cotton-top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) with red pollen after feeding on flower nectar, Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombia

Floris van Breugel / Young California fan palm (Washingtonia filifera) in sunshine among older palms in a remote oasis in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA March

Orsolya Haarberg / Flowering cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) in a wetland area with midnight sun. Sjaunja Nature Reserve, Laponia World Heritage Site, Swedish Lapland, Sweden. July 2013.

Bernard Castelein / Common cotton grass (Eriophorum angustifolium) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, May.

Jussi Murtosaari,Jussi Murtosaari / Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga) in habitat over cotton grass (Eriophorum) Finland, June

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May

Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Harestail cotton-grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing on bog moorland, Scotland, UK, May. Did you know? Cottongrass was formerly used to stuff pillows and as dressings for wounds.