[image: ... Kas skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> Kas plateau ... about 4000 ft asl ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India ------------------------------ 28 SEP 08 * Eriocaulon sedgwickii * Fyson ... (family: Eriocaulaceae) *er-ee-oh-KAW-lon* -- from the Greek *erion* (wool) and *kaulos* (plant stem) ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3DEriocaulon&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf5aGjIzRaoJzis3-qU8mwgP5uKJQ> *sedgwickii* -- named for Leonard John Sedgwick, British botanist, studied flora of western India
*commonly known as*: spherical pipewort • *Marathi*: गेंद gend *Endemic to*: rocky plateaus of the Western Ghats (of India) *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FSpherical%2520Pipewort.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfRAbraoPITuBN0JtrFsxD8A-yL3A>• *Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar [image: Eriocaulon sedgwickii Fyson]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2898208621%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze_EXOmX58gdYddoKbtIA02qELOlg> [image: Gend (Marathi: गेंद)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2899010980%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfsazOye8jTEW9b--NTETOhKKigqA> Regards. Dinesh --
