Eriocaulon cuspidatum Dalz.

 
  • Family : ERIOCAULACEAE
    (Pipewort Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : ERIOCAULON FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Eriocaulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Eriocaulon cuspidatum Dalzell
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Marshy areas in grasslands
  • Comments / notes : Common in marshes and paddy fields, water logged areas. Endangered according to Sasidharan, N. 2011. DVD, V 2 KFRI.
  • Flower, Fruit : September-January
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district, Dakshina Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district
    • Maharashtra : Kolhapur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
  • Literature :
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
    • B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Eriocaulon cuspidatum. Downloaded on 7 October 2024.

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