Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Learn more about Syngonanthus from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Distinguished from all other SEUS Eriocaulaceae by its flattened to even somewhat recurved (the leaf tips curving down into the ground at their tips) rosettes of quite narrow leaves, often with a bluish-green color. All of our other Eriocaulaceae have basal rosettes of leaves that are mostly ascending to spreading, and more of a yellowish-green to deep green (or sometimes stramineous) color. In flower, Syngonanthus has a more "chaffy" looking inflorescence, the bracts appearing dry. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-02-001:
Syngonanthus flavidulus FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Hatpins, Bantam-buttons
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-02-001:
Syngonanthus flavidulus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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