Citation: Ewart, Proc. R. Soc. Vic. 28:219 (1916).

Synonymy: Xerotes effusa Lindley in T.L. Mitchell, Three Exped. Int. eastern Austral. 2:101 (1838).

Common name: Scented mat-rush.

Description:
Leaves 10-80 cm long, very rigid, c. 2 mm broad, 2-toothed at the summit.

Flowers scented, white or pale-pink, scattered along the branches of a slender spreading panicle 5-10 cm long; male perianths 3-6 mm long, the segments equal, lanceolate, free, spreading, thin and flaccid, on slender pedicels 3-7 mm long, with conspicuous white lanceolate bracts as long as or longer than the pedicel; female flowers similar, but on shorter pedicels and the segments becoming stiffer.

Capsule ovoid, brown, 7-9 mm long, the valves striate lengthwise.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 187.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NU, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, SE.   All States except the N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Oct.

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

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