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.

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.

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

Bernard Castelein / Cotton Grass (Eriophorum vaginatum) growing in water. Goldenstater Moor, Niedersachsen, Germany.

Daniel Heuclin / Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) with maturing bolls. Near Buckeye, Arizona, USA, September.

Bernard Castelein / Irish damselfly;(Coenagrion lunulatum) with dew droplets on wing, resting on Cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium). Klein Schietveld Brasschaat, Belgium. May.

Nick Upton / Shrubby milkweed (Gomphocarpus fruticosus), invasive species native to South Africa. Beside Rio Codula di Luna stream, Gennargentu National Park, Dorgali, Sardinia. June.

Nick Upton / Sardinian cotton lavender (Santolina insularis) flowering in garrigue / maquis scrubland, Supramonte mountain range, near Urzulei, Sardinia, Italy. June 2018.