Family: Juncaginaceae
Triglochin mucronatum
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 343 (1810).
Synonymy: T. calcaratum Hook., Hook. Ic. 5:t. 416 (1842); T. neesii Endl. in Lehm., Pl. Preiss. 2:54 (1846).
Common name: Prickly arrowgrass.
Description:
Small annual with filiform leaves shorter than the scape, which is 2-10 cm high.
Racemes to 1.5 cm long, few-flowered, sometimes with only 1 terminal flower.
Fruits almost sessile or shortly pedicellate, invertedpyramidal in shape, c. 3 mm long; 3 fertile carpels truncate and free at the summit, each with conspicuous spreading tips.
Distribution:
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Occurs on saline soils.
W.Aust.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Fruits: Aug. — Oct.
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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:
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Author:
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