Family: Cyperaceae
Carex chlorantha
Citation:
R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 242 (1810).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Perennial, with slender smooth and glabrous culms usually less than 30 cm high, arising at intervals along the long-creeping rhizomes; leaves soft and usually shorter than the culms; bracts glume-like but awned.
Spikes sessile, fewer than 10, arranged in a short terminal inflorescence less than 3 cm long, terminal spike bisexual; male flowers at the summit of the spikelets.
Utricle compressed, with ciliate edges and a short 2-fid beak.
Distribution:
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N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: not available.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
There is no specimen under this name in AD and the records may have resulted from misidentifications.
Author:
Not yet available
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