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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Eriocaulon from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Eriocaulon compressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-003:
Eriocaulon compressum FAMILY Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriocaulon compressum
COMMON NAME:
Flattened Pipewort, Soft-headed 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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Jerry Bright jeb_072608_024
July Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Eriocaulon compressum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 036-01-003:
Eriocaulon compressum
FAMILY
Eriocaulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Eriocaulon compressum
532
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish
Radially symmetrical
2 sepals
2 petals
3-4(-6) stamens in staminate flowers
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p133
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p113
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p395
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p403
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p199
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p014
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p380
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p301
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