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Eriocaulon

Eriocaulon

9.9
A small plant that grows in shallow wet places like bogs and lakes with thin grasslike leaves
  • noun
  • Specialized
: Eriocaulon
  • The Eriocaulon species thrive in wet, acidic environments such as bogs and shallow lakes.

Examples

  • Certain Eriocaulon are cultivated for use in aquatic gardens due to their unique appearance.

  • The Eriocaulon species thrives in acidic wetlands.

  • Botanists conducted a survey of Eriocaulon in the national park to assess their diversity.

  • Have you ever seen an Eriocaulon in the wild?

  • Botanists conducted a survey of Eriocaulon in the national park to assess their diversity.

  • The Eriocaulon species thrive in wet, acidic environments such as bogs and shallow lakes.

  • Certain Eriocaulon are cultivated for use in aquatic gardens due to their unique appearance.

Compounds

Eriocaulon aquaticum
  • Specialized
9.9

A small water plant with thin green leaves in a spiral and dense buttonlike heads of tiny white flowers

Surface Forms

Eriocaulon singular
Eriocaulons plural

Etymology

Eriocaulon comes from Greek parts erio- 'wool' and caulon 'stem'. Many of these water plants have small round, cotton-like flower heads or hairy stems, so the name helps you remember them as the 'woolly-stem' plants.