Eriocaulon koernickianum explained

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.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

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.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Rare Plants of Texas: A Field Guide . 203 . 978-1-58544-557-8 . Poole . Jackie M. . 2007 . Texas A&M University Press .
2. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Eriocaulon BONAP (Biota of North America Project) North American Plant Atlas, Eriocaulon
3. http://www.oknaturalheritage.ou.edu/erioca2.htm Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory
4. Morphometric and Genetic Variation in Eriocaulon koernickianum van Heurck & Muller-Argoviensis (Eriocaulaceae): A Disjunct Plant Species of the Southeastern United States . 4034135 . Watson . Linda E. . Kornkven . Amy B. . Miller . Carter R. . Allison . James R. . McCarty . Newell B. . Unwin . Matthew M. . Castanea . 2002 . 67 . 4 . 416–426 .
5. 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.
6. http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100252196 photo of specimen from Texas at Missouri Botanical Garden
7. Van Heurck, Henri Ferdinand, & Müller Argoviensis, Johannes (Jean). 1870. Observationes Botanicae 101–103.
8. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Monocotyledons 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.