Common Pipewort - native (Eriocaulon scariosum)

Family: Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family).

Native of Vic. and NSW.

Occurrence: Rare. Wet areas. Recorded from the east side of Mt Alexander. I have not seen it growing.

Identification:

• is a small plant with thin flat leaves which are much shorter than the flower stalk
• the tiny flowers are in a terminal ball-shaped cluster.

The flower cluster resembles a small button daisy, with fringed bracts at the flower base.

VROTS: vulnerable.

Name. Eriocaulon: woolly stems.