Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Scleranthus fasciculatus
Common name
Spreading knawel, Knawel
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Where found
Montaine forest and woodland. Ranges, tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Sprawling perennial herb with a non-woody base. Stems to 0.30 m long, usually hairy. Leaves clustered, 0.4–1.6 cm long, 0.2–0.8 mm wide, keeled, usually hairy; tips with a small abrupt point; margin very narrow, membranous, warty. Flowers with 0 petals, and 5 sepals 0.4–0.7 mm long, overlapping at the base. Stamen 1, enclosed within the calyx, falling early. Flowers in pairs. Flowering: Sep–March.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Scleranthus~fasciculatus (accessed 6 February, 2021)
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