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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Eriocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-002:
Eriocaulon decangulare FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
COMMON NAME:
Ten-angle Pipewort, Hat Pin, Hard Pipewort
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JK Marlow jkm100620_009
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
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JK Marlow jkm100620_011
June Mecklenburg County NC
UNCC McMillan Greenhouse
Leaves basal, linear, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_decangulare_2
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_decangulare_7
July
Flowers in dense head on leafless stem, each petal lobe w a jet-black gland, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6289
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdme_decangulare
Month Unknown
Heads feel hard and knotty when squeezed between finger and thumb, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-002:
Eriocaulon decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
2434
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and pine flatwoods, bogs, mafic fens and seeps, seasonally flooded ponds, seepage bogs and swamps, wind-tidal marshes, sea-level fens, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p133
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p317
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p395
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p402
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p199
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p190
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p157
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p380
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p175
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