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