Group:
2 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - II - Monocotyledons
Family:
Eriocaulaceae
Genus:
Eriocaulon
Common sinhala name:
Kokmota
Habit:
Aquatic herb
Origin:
Native
National conservation status:
VU-Vulnerable
Legal status:
Not protected
Similar species:
All vernacular names:
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Contributors for Images:
J. de Vlas (ID-JdV)
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Large herb, forming large tussocks, scapes 30-80 (-100) cm long, with a hairy sheath at their base.
Flowers small, packed together in a hemispherical, later globose head, 0.9-1.7 cm across. Anthers black. The dark grey or yellowish bracts at the base of the flower head have rounded, dark grey tips (picture below left).
Leaves 13-40 (-60) cm long, 0.6-1.0 cm wide, hairy.
Marshy grassland at high elevations. Rather common.
Indigenous. Also in India and Bangladesh.
(J de Vlas)
