Eriocaulon koernickianum

Eriocaulon koernickianum, common names dwarf pipewort or gulf pipewort, is a plant species native to Oklahoma, Arkansas, Georgia and Texas. It occurs in moist, sandy acidic soils in seeps and bogs.[4][5][6][7]

Eriocaulon koernickianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Eriocaulaceae
Genus: Eriocaulon
Species:
E. koernickianum
Binomial name
Eriocaulon koernickianum
Van Heurck & Muller-Argoviensis 1870[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Eriocaulon Kornickianum Van Heurck & Müll. Arg

Eriocaulon koernickianum is an herb up to 8 cm (3.2 inches) tall, reproducing sexually and also by means of lateral vegetative shoots. Leaves are narrow, up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. Flowers are clustered into a head at the top of a long flowering stalk. Heads are up to 4 mm in diameter, gray to olive, lacking the ciliate hairs common in many other species of the genus.[4][8][9][10][11]

References
  1. Flora of North America, Eriocaulon koernickianum
  2. Tropicos
  3. The Plant List
  4. Rare Plants of Texas, Texas A&M University, Eriocaulon koernickianum, p 203
  5. BONAP (Biota of North America Project) North American Plant Atlas, Eriocaulon
  6. Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory
  7. Watson, LE, AB Kornkven, CR Miller, JR Allison, NB McCarty, MM Unwin. 2002. Morphometric and genetic variation in Eriocaulon koernickianum Van Heurck & Muller-Argovensis (Eriocaulaceae): a disjunct plant species of the southeastern United States. Castanea 67(4):416-426.
  8. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  9. photo of specimen from Texas at Missouri Botanical Garden
  10. Van Heurck, Henri Ferdinand, & Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1870. Observationes Botanicae 101–103.
  11. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.
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