Citation: Decne., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris 3:500 (1834).

Synonymy: Bartlingia sessiliflora (Decne.) F. Muell., Pap. Roy. Soc. Tasm. 1877:116 (1878).

Common name: Dwarf wire-lily.

Description:
Small perennial, with wiry slender usually branched stems, 3-8 cm high; leaves subulate, 1-3 cm long, mostly in tufts, with scarious sheaths ciliate or woolly on the margins.

Flowers few, sessile in axillary heads which are shorter than the subtending leaves, the heads sessile or on short recurved penduncles and surrounded by an involucre of small scarious bracts, the inner bracts white and woolly at the base; perianth-segments 6, c. 4 mm long, the 3 inner white and ovate.

Capsule globular, enclosed in the persistent perianth; seeds black, granular.

Distribution:    All States except N.T. and Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

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

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