Eriophorum gracile is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.

Eriophorum gracile is a plant with circumboreal distribution, extending south into mountain ranges of the Northern Hemisphere.

Eriophorum gracile is a thin, tall perennial herb with a slender, rounded, solid, mostly naked stem reaching 30 to 60 centimeters in height.

It produces a fluffy inflorescence atop its stem with a wispy, cottony white flower.

The plants grow in colonies, often spreading vegetatively by rhizome.