Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Isoetopsis graminifolia
Common name
Grass cushions, Grass cushion
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Woodland, shrubland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites, often on seasonally wet ground. Tablelands north of Bredbo. ACT. Occasionally on the Western Slopes.
Notes
Grass like annual herb to 0.05 m tall. Stems absent. Leaves somewhat fleshy, clustered at the base of the plant, 1-10 cm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, flattened cylindrical, hairy when young, then hairless, tips pointed. Flower heads 3-5 mm long, 2–5 mm in diameter, greenish to pale, oval to hemispherical, with about 5–30 minute florets, 0 petals. Flower heads crowded. Flowers Winter to Spring.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Isoetopsis~graminifolia (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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