Botanical name: Eriocaulon brownianum    Family: Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family)
Synonyms: Eriocaulon blumei, Eriocaulon nilagirense, Eriocaulon macrophyllum

South-Asian Pipewort is a herb with leaves linear, 3.5-4 cm x 4-6 mm, sparsely and shortly hairy, veins about 23. Flowering stem is one, about 50 cm x 1.5 mm, 5-7-ribbed; sheath 14-28 cm; receptacle densely hairy. Flower-heads are milky white, almost spherical, about 1 x 1.2-1.5 cm. Involucral bracts are reflexed, straw-colored or blackish, oblong, 3.5-4 x 2.2-3.6 mm, below hairy at base and shortly hairy toward tip. Floral bracts are inverted-lanceshaped, below white club-shaped hairy toward tip. South-Asian Pipewort is found in swamps, sunny marshlands, grassy fields with loamy soil, at altitudes of 800-2800 m, in Guangdong, SE Hunan, Yunnan, South & NE India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Flowering: May-December.

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