Eriocaulon xeranthemum

Acaulescent herbs. Leaves rosulate, upto 3 x 0.3 cm, linear, apex acute or subacuminate. Peduncles few, upto 4 cm long, virgate; sheaths upto 2 cm long. Heads hemispherical or cuneate, c. 4 mm across, straw-coloured. Receptacles convex, glabrous. Involucral bracts erect or spreading, 1.5-2.5 x c. 0.5 mm, linear-oblong, or oblanceolate, acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous, straw-coloured. Floral bracts. c. 1 x 0.5 mm, cuneate, truncate, hyaline, hoary at apex. Male flowers: pedicels minute. Sepals cuneate, connate into a spathe of c. 1 x 0.5 mm, 3-lobed with truncate lobes, black, hoary at apex. Petals 3, subequal, minute, with a black gland in each. Anthers 6, globose, black. Female flowers sessile. Sepals 3, free, unequal, c. 1 mm long; the two lateral ones oblanceolate, obtuse, hoary at apex; the middle one linear, much narrower than the lateral ones. Petals 3, subequal, 0.5 – 1 mm long, spathulate, obtuse, hyaline, barbate, with a black gland in each. Ovary ovoid; style 3-fid. Seeds to 0.5 mm long, oblong or ellipsoid; cells of seed-coat transversely elongated; appendages setiform, 2-4 from the transverse radial walls.

Eriocaulon xeranthemum: Here I am attaching the image of Eriocaulon xeranthemum Collected from St, Joseph’s College, Devagiri

Yes, Eriocaulon species as per comparative images herein. but only experts can confirm the id.

Yes some species of Eriocaulon, may be Eriocaulon xeranthemum ???

Yes, it is.  Thank you very much for ID my plant,

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The Plant List  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  IUCN Red List (LC)  JSTOR | Global Plants: Isotype of Eriocaulon xeranthemum Mart …   Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Eriocaulon xeranthemum Mart.