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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Common Bogbuttons, Savanna Bogbuttons, Whitehead Bogbutton
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_05
May Williamsburg County SC
Leaves are linear; leaf surfaces have scattered wispy hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
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JK Marlow jkm0505s_01
May Williamsburg County SC
Flowers grow in a single, small, dense roundish head atop each stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
1966
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Habitat: Moist to dry sands, moist peats, in pinelands, sometimes locally abundant in open disturbed areas where competition has been removed, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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