Citation: Geer., Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39:79 (1969).

Synonymy: H. pusilla Hook. f., Fl . Tasm. 2:36 (1858), nom. illegit.

Common name: Tiny star.

Description:
A small glabrous plant, the stems 2-10 cm long, with 2 slender membranous opposite deciduous bracts 4-6 mm long, below the middle of the stem; leaves filiform.

Flower 1, terminal, or sometimes 1 or 2 others, each terminating a long branch rising from the bracts, and the whole inflorescence then forming a sort of loose raceme; segments 4-8 mm long, bright-yellow inside, green outside; 3 inner anthers usually longer than the 3 outer anthers.

Capsule globular or ovoid, 4-5 mm long.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 192.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand. Conservation status: native Flowering time: July — Sept.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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