Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Learn more about Eriocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eriocaulon texense
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon texense
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Eriocaulon texense
2436
Forb
Perennial
Mostly monoecious
Habitat: sandhill seepage bogs, Altamaha Grit outcrops, seepage over the Catahoula in the West Gulf Coastal Plain, seepage over granite in the Blue Ridge Escarpment, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-white/ Gray
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
4 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p113
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p133
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p175
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