Eriophorum latifolium Hoppe
| GB Red List | England Red List | GB Scarcity | Norfolk Scarcity |
| Scarce |
Native
Broad-leaved Cottongrass is a rhizomatous perennial herb of open sites, growing in wet, base-rich lowland meadows and mires, and in fens and calcareous flushes in the uplands (M. J. Y. Foley & M. S. Porter in Preston et al, 2002)
In Norfolk, Broad-leaved Cottongrass occurs at a few calcareous fen sites and it is usually only present very small quantities.
| Year | GR | Locality | Recorders |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | TF752005 | Gooderstone Fen | JEG |
| Near springs | |||
| 1989 | TF685222 | Roydon Common | GB, KAB |
| Not found 1996 | |||
| 1998 | TG31U | Unspecified | JMP |
| 2000 | TF748142 | East Walton, Summer End | NFG |
| 2002 | TG026117 | Mattishall Moor | ALB, RWE, PWL |
| TG02661170, TG02811177 | |||
| 2003 | TG012118 | Badley Moor | DM, NFG |
| 2007 | TG110228 | Booton Common | RWE |
| TG11032288, TG11032289, TG11042289, TG11052291, 9 plants | |||
| 2007 | TG326245 | Smallburgh Fen | RWE, RML, NFG |
| TG32692451 | |||
| 2014 | TF736165 | East Walton Common | RNC, RWE, NFG |
| TF73611656 - In pingo - vegetative ID but huge plant | |||
| 2017 | TM181972 | Flordon Common | RWE, NFG |
| TM18149725. 1 plant. In 2009, TM18119725, TM18139723, 4 plants | |||