| Woodrush Pipewort |
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| Original date | 3/30/19 2:26 PM |
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| Focal length | 55.0mm |
| Exposure time | 1/200s |
| Aperture | 36.0 |
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| Camera make | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera model | NIKON D5300 |
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Botanical name: Eriocaulon nepalense var. luzulifolium Family: Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family)
Synonyms: Eriocaulon pumilio, Eriocaulon luzulifolium
Synonyms: Eriocaulon pumilio, Eriocaulon luzulifolium
Woodrush Pipewort is an annual herb with stem forming
a basal disc or if near water or in water then up to 2 cm long. Leaves,
which appear like woodrush, are crowded into a basal rosette or if stem
leafy then linear, 0.5-8 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, hairless, tip pointed.
Flowering stems are few or numerous, up to 3-22 cm long, hairless.
Sheaths are 1-7 cm long, hairless, tip pointed. Flower-heads are
hemispherical to ovoid, 2.5-6 mm long, 3-6 mm in diameter,
blackish-grey. Floral bracts are inverted-lanceshaped to oblong, 2 mm
long, black, tip pointed to tapering. Woodrush Pipewort is found in
Assam; Bangladesh; China South-Central; China Southeast; Nepal; New
Guinea; Thailand; West Himalaya, at altitudes of 200-1633 m.
| Identification credit: Ashutosh Sharma | Photographed in Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. |
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