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Lachnocaulon anceps (Walter) Morong. Common name: Common Bogbuttons. Phenology: May-Oct. Habitat: Moist to dry sands, moist peats, in pinelands, sometimes locally abundant in open disturbed areas where competition has been removed. Distribution: S. NJ south to s. FL, west to se. TX; rarely disjunct inland off the Coastal Plain, as in ec. TN; West Indies (Cuba).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, ETx1, F, FNA22, G, GW1, K4, RAB, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Kral (1966c); = Paepalanthus anceps (Walter) Christenh. & Byng — Christenhusz, Fay, & Byng (2018); > Lachnocaulon anceps (Walter) Morong — S, S13; > Lachnocaulon floridanum Small — S, S13; > Lachnocaulon glabrum Körn. — S, S13; Eriocaulon anceps Walter. Basionym: Eriocaulon anceps Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Lachnocaulon anceps - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, tufted perennial of moist to dry sands and moist peats in pinelands, sometimes locally abundant in open disturbed areas where competition has been removed.

Stems: Stems 1-several thin flowering scapes, ridged lengthwise and twisted in a spiral; covered with long, spreading hairs.

Leaves: Leaves basal and forming a mounded clump, linear and tapering to a point, 1-2 1/2 in. long, smooth or hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in compact, button-like heads (domed or slightly flattened) about 1/4 in. wide topping each stem; white or grayish-white; tiny and hairy.

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Height: 2-12 in.

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description: Erect, tufted perennial of moist to dry sands and moist peats in pinelands, sometimes locally abundant in open disturbed areas where competition has been removed.

stems: Stems 1-several thin flowering scapes, ridged lengthwise and twisted in a spiral; covered with long, spreading hairs.

leaves: Leaves basal and forming a mounded clump, linear and tapering to a point, 1-2 1/2 in. long, smooth or hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in compact, button-like heads (domed or slightly flattened) about 1/4 in. wide topping each stem; white or grayish-white; tiny and hairy.

fruits:

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native range: eastern United States



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