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Eriocaulon aquaticum
Also called Sevenangle Pipewort, Aquatic Pipewort, Northern Pipewort, Seven Angled Pipewort, White Buttons, Common Pipewort
Pipewort is a small perennial wetland plant that forms grass-like tufts and sends up white button-like flower heads on bare stalks above the water. It grows best kept wet, either in shallow water or in constantly moist soil.
Eriocaulon aquaticum is a species of flowering plant within the genus Eriocaulon and family Eriocaulaceae. It is known by many common names such as the common pipewort, northern pipewort, seven-angled pipewort and hatpins.
This species can only be found in the northern hemisphere. It is widespread throughout North America where it can be found the states of: Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin. It is also widespread throughout Canada and can be found within the following Canadian Provinces: Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Québec. Within Europe E. aquaticum is only found in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriocaulon aquaticum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
