Eriocaulaceae
Pipewort Family
The Eriocaulaceae family (Pipewort Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Poales. In the SASYA catalogue it spans 15 species. Its members are predominantly herbs. Several members are valued in traditional medicine. Familiar examples include Ashy Pipewort, Stalkless Pipewort and Buttonhead Pipewort.
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Small tufted herbs of wet, marshy ground with narrow, grass-like basal leaves; tiny flowers pack into a compact, often silvery-white button-like head held well above the leaves on a thin wiry stalk.
The dense flower heads stay papery and long-lasting even when dried, and are harvested and traded ornamentally in parts of India as 'everlasting flowers'.
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Typical leaf characters
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryVariable
- InflorescenceHead
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
Notable members
All 14 species in ERIOCAULACEAE
- Ashy PipewortEriocaulon cinereum
- Stalkless PipewortEriocaulon epedunculatum
- Buttonhead PipewortEriocaulon heterolepis
- Fragrant PipewortEriocaulon odoratum
- Five-Angled PipewortEriocaulon quinquangulare
- Mysore PipewortEriocaulon robustobrownianum
- Spherical PipewortEriocaulon sedgwickii
- Amboli PipewortEriocaulon sharmae
- Dry-Flower PipewortEriocaulon xeranthemum
- Eriocaulon cuspidatum
- Eriocaulon eurypeplon
- Eriocaulon parviflorum
- Eriocaulon stellulatum
- Eriocaulon tuberiferum
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