EPPO Global Database

Eriocaulon cinereum(ERCSI)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ERCSI
  • Preferred name: Eriocaulon cinereum
  • Authority: Brown

Notes

Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan), Western Asia (Afghanistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia (Philippines, Sumatra,, Java), China (including Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Sénégal to Tchad, Tanzania to Angola and Namibia, Australia (Western, Northern, Queensland). Cultivated as an aquarium plant. Introduced in Italy, USA (California), South America (Venezuela, Bolivia, central Brazil)


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Eriocaulon hexangularis Kunth
Eriocaulon sexangulare Linnaeus
Eriocaulon sieboldianum Siebold & Zuccarini

Common names
Name Language
ériocaule cendré French
hoshi-kusa Japanese
mizutamasô Japanese
ホシクサ Japanese
ミズタマソウ Japanese
bái yào gǔ jīng cǎo Chinese
白药谷精草 Chinese
곡정초 Korean
gok jeong cho Korean