OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon texense   FAMILY Eriocaulaceae   Go to FSUS key



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.

image of Eriocaulon texense, Texas Hatpins, Texas Pipewort

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmetexense_wutricpc2

April    Pickens County    SC

Poe Creek State Forest

Shown here with Utricularia.

image of Eriocaulon texense, Texas Hatpins, Texas Pipewort

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

 

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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

 

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