Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Scleranthus diander

Common name

Tufted Knawel

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and rocky sites. Tablelands south from near the Hume Higway. ACT. Kosciuszko National Park.

Notes

Perennial herb with a woody base to 0.1 m high, sprawling or mat-forming. Stems usually hairless. Leaves crowded, 0.3–1 cm long, 0.2-1 mm wide, thickened towards the tips, keeled, hairless; tips mucronate, the mucro 0.2–0.9 mm long; margin very narrow, membranous, warty and appearing finely toothed. Flowers pale green, with 0 petals. Stamens 2, enclosed within the calyx, falling early. Sepals overlapping at the base, or tubular with 5 spreading lobes 0.5-3 mm long. Flowers in dense clusters, surrounded  by 5 bracts, the bracts often longer than the flowers. Flowering: spring-summer.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Scleranthus~diander  (accessed 6 February, 2021)