Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-002:
Eriocaulon decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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.
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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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon decangulare var. decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-002:
Eriocaulon decangulare
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
2434
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
Look for it in wet savannas and pine flatwoods, bogs, seasonally flooded ponds, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
4 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p133
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p317
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p199
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p190
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p157
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p175