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Family: Restionaceae
Lepyrodia valliculae

Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:225 (1928).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stems filiform, simple, erect, 6-30 cm high; rootstock slender, not creeping; basal sheaths and those along the stem appressed, 8-12 mm long, with short points.

Flowers erect, conical, approximate or rather distant, but never clustered in a narrow spike-like panicle 1-7 cm long, the lower branches sometimes 1-2 cm long and naked in the lower part; segments acute, 3-4 mm long, the outer segments slightly exceeding the inner, all rather larger in the female then the males; no staminodes or rudimentary ovary.

Capsule subglobular, c. 1.5 mm long and rather broader.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: Oct. — Feb.


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