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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Learn more about Lachnocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Paepalanthus beyrichianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-001:
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Bogbuttons
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_beyrichianum5
July Cumberland County NC
Leaves linear, in a basal rosette, tapering from a widened base to acute apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_beyrichianum6
July Cumberland County NC
Heads appear gray to white because of milky-white receptacular bract trichomes, per Weakley's Flora.
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_l_beyrichianum6b
July Cumberland County NC
Mature heads 3.5-4.0 mm across (vs. L. anceps, 4-7mm), per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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Sharleen Johnson shj_524581442932482
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Paepalanthus beyrichianus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-001:
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon beyrichianum
1954
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Scrubby flatwoods, flatwoods, upper margins of Coastal Plain doline ponds (sometimes under scrub oaks), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in NC Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Gray
Radially symmetrical
3 sepals
Petals absent
3 stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p273
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p325
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p371
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p187
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