Five-Angled Pipewort
Eriocaulon quinquangulare
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- September-June
How to identify Five-Angled Pipewort
Identify Five-Angled Pipewort by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Distinctly five-angled flower stalks.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Flat button-shaped head.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-June.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Eriocaulaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Five-Angled Pipewort.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Eriocaulon quinquangulare
- Genus
- Eriocaulon
- Family
- Eriocaulaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Banks of streams, paddy fields and marshy lands
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-June
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Basal
Typical of the Eriocaulaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- Flat button-shaped headrecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Head
Characters marked “recorded” are for Five-Angled Pipewort itself; the rest are typical of the Eriocaulaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Five-Angled Pipewort
Five-Angled Pipewort (Eriocaulon quinquangulare) is a herb in the Eriocaulaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and 4 other states. It grows in banks of streams, paddy fields and marshy lands. Flowering and fruiting run from September to June.
Eriocaulaceae
Pipewort Family
Five-Angled Pipewort belongs to the Eriocaulaceae family.
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