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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Learn more about Eriocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-003:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
COMMON NAME:
Flattened Pipewort, Hat Pin
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_erco7_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm060423_058
April Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmecompressu_echawswale
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
When fresh, heads are easily compressed between finger and thumb, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmecompressum_halfway
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_020
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Heads whitish, villous, hemispheric, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_024
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-003:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
532
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, other depressions, wetter places in pine flatwoods and pine savannas, acidic seeps, Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) swamps, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
3-4(-6) 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
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p199
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p013
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p014
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p301