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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps   FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Lachnocaulon anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Lachnocaulon anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)

Paepalanthus anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:

Lachnocaulon anceps   FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lachnocaulon anceps

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lachnocaulon floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lachnocaulon glabrum

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Bogbuttons, Savanna Bogbuttons, Whitehead Bogbutton


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image of Lachnocaulon anceps, Common Bogbuttons, Savanna Bogbuttons, Whitehead Bogbutton

JK Marlow    jkm0505r_05

May    Williamsburg County    SC

Leaves are linear; leaf surfaces have scattered wispy hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Lachnocaulon anceps, Common Bogbuttons, Savanna Bogbuttons, Whitehead Bogbutton

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 (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps   FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lachnocaulon anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Paepalanthus anceps

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:
Lachnocaulon anceps   FAMILY Eriocaulaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon anceps

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon floridanum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon glabrum

 

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1966

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Gray
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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