NameThatPlant.net: Eriocaulon texense

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon texense FAMILY Eriocaulaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon texense FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Texas Hatpins, Texas Pipewort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon texense FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon texense FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

2436

Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious

Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs, Altamaha Grit outcrops, seepage over the Catahoula in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, seepage over granite in the Blue Ridge Escarpment, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white/ Gray
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer

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