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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Restionaceae
Restio complanatus

Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 245 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Flat cord-rush.

Description:
Stems flat, erect, simple.

Spikelets ovoid-oblong, 5-10 mm long, several-flowered in both sexes and arranged in a narrow panicle or raceme; perianth-segments 4 in both sexes, the 2 outer ones narrow, folded and keeled, the 2 inner ones flat.

Capsule flat, opening along the margins, c. 2 mm long by c. 2.5 mm broad, 2-celled, or 1 cell sometimes abortive, seeds ovoid, white, c. 1.5 mm long; stamens and styles only 2.

Distribution:    Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.

Conservation status: native

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


SA Distribution Map based
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specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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