Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Scleranthus fasciculatus
Spreading knawel, Knawel
Caryophyllaceae
Montaine forest and woodland. Ranges, tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, and Kosciuszko National Park.
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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