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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Lachnocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Lachnocaulon anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Paepalanthus anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:
Lachnocaulon anceps FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon anceps
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon floridanum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon glabrum
COMMON NAME:
Common Bogbuttons, Savanna Bogbuttons, Whitehead Bogbutton
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JK Marlow jkm0505r_05
May Williamsburg County SC
Leaves are linear; leaf surfaces have scattered wispy hairs, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm0505s_01
May Williamsburg County SC
Flowers grow in a single, small, dense roundish head atop each stem, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Lachnocaulon anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Lachnocaulon anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The global flora: a practical guide to vascular plant species of the world (Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng, 2018)
Paepalanthus anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-03-003:
Lachnocaulon anceps
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon anceps
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon floridanum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lachnocaulon glabrum
1966
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Moist to dry sands, moist peats, in pinelands, sometimes locally abundant in open disturbed areas where competition has been removed, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Gray
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
- 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
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p200
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p380
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p176
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