Eriocaulaceae
Ashy pipewort
Eriocaulon cinereum
- Family
- Eriocaulaceae
- Genus
- Eriocaulon
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 小穀精草, 白药谷精草, 小谷精草, 白药谷物草, 白药谷精草+, 白藥穀精草, 谷精草, 赛谷精草
- English
- Ashy pipewort
- Japanese
- ホシクサ
- Korean
- 곡정초
Synonyms
- Eriocaulon amboense Schinz
- Eriocaulon ciliiflorum F.Muell.
- Eriocaulon cinereum var. sieboldianum (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) T.Koyama
- Eriocaulon cinereum var. sieboldianum (Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.) T.Koyama ex Huang
- Eriocaulon formosanum Hayata
- Eriocaulon heteranthum Benth.
- Eriocaulon heudelotii N.E.Br.
- Eriocaulon reductum Ruhland
- Eriocaulon sieboldianum Siebold & Zucc. ex Steud.
- Eriocaulon steinbachii (Moldenke) Moldenke
- Eriocaulon stuhlmannii N.E.Br.
- Eriocaulon taiwanianum S.S.Ying
- Leucocephala spathacea Roxb.
- Paepalanthus steinbachii Moldenke
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Show_ryu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: V C Balakrishnan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.