Buttonhead Pipewort vs Ooldea dunnart

Eriocaulon heterolepis compared with Sminthopsis ooldea

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Buttonhead Pipewort	Ooldea dunnart
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Dasyuromorphia (Dasyuromorphia)
Family	Eriocaulaceae	Dasyuridae
Genus	Eriocaulon	Sminthopsis
Species	Eriocaulon heterolepis	Sminthopsis ooldea

Conservation Status

Buttonhead Pipewort

LC — Least Concern

Ooldea dunnart

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Buttonhead Pipewort	Ooldea dunnart
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Buttonhead Pipewort

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Ooldea dunnart

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Buttonhead Pipewort

The Buttonhead Pipewort (Eriocaulon heterolepis) is a species in the genus Eriocaulon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.