Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eriocaulon texense
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 texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Texas Hatpins, Texas Pipewort
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmetexense_wutricpc
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
[shown here with Utricularia] Mature heads white or gray, soft, per Flora of North America.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmetexense_wutricpc2
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Shown here with Utricularia
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmetexense_pc1
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
When fresh, heads are easily compressed between finger and thumb, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
2436
Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in sandhill seepage bogs, Altamaha Grit outcrops, seepage over granite in the Blue Ridge Escarpment, 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:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white/ Gray
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
4 stamens in staminate flowers
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!