Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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)
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