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

Synonymy: Xerotes glauca R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 260 (1810).

Common name: Pale mat-rush.

Description:
Basal sheaths becoming fibrous; leaves filiform, 5-50 cm long, 1-2 mm broad, scabrous.

Male flowers sessile in globular clusters, forming a short interrupted or almost continuous spike or panicle 2-7 cm long; perianth funnel-shaped, scented, 2-4 mm long, lobed above the middle, with 3 broad obtuse usually golden bracts, or the 3 united in one 3-lobed bract, surrounding the tube; perianth-lobes equal, obtuse, greenish-yellow, the tube purplish, the stamens inserted on the lobes; female flowers in a rather large globular or oblong head near the base of the plant and terminating the short thick rigid stem or scape; segments free, 5-6 mm long, oblong, pale-yellow, stiff, the white scarious bracts as long as the flower.

Capsule slightly exceeding the perianth, transversely wrinkled.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T. and Qld. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

Biology: No text

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