Family: Restionaceae
Leptocarpus brownii
Citation:
Hook. f., Fl. Tasm. 2:73 (1858).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Coarse twine-rush.
Description:
Stems simple, 50 cm to 1 m high; the sheathing bracts 5-7 mm long, male spikelets 5-12 mm long, shortly pedicellate, few, in a short spreading reddish-brown particle; glumes acuminate; perianth-segments lanceolate.
Female spikelets of 3-6 flowers (but each flower looking like a 1-flowered spikelet), the spikelets clustered in a short compact golden-brown panicle or head, each flower with an acuminate glume and bracteole at the base; outer perianth-segments acuminate, glume-like, the inner smaller but thick.
Distribution:
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N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: in all months, mainly Sept. — Feb.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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