Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lachnocaulon minus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon minus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22 (2000)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-002:
Lachnocaulon minus FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon eciliatum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon minus
COMMON NAME:
Brown Bogbutton
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lachnocaulon minus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon minus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 22
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Lachnocaulon minus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-002:
Lachnocaulon minus
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon eciliatum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon minus
4561
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Upper margins of Coastal Plain doline ponds, other pineland situations, ditches through wet pine savannas, wet 'scrapes', per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA, rare in Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Dull gray-brown
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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) p325
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p187
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p380
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