Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Scleranthus fasciculatus (R.Br.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. III. (Fl. Tasman.) Part I, 42 (1860)
Description
Slender lax perennial; stems ascending, 10–25 cm long, bearing dense very short straight hairs; internodes 4–15 mm long. Lvs paired and in short axillary fascicles, linear-subulate, spreading, scabrid on margin and keel, sometimes ciliolate at base, acute, 5–10–(15) mm long. Peduncles puberulent, very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting to (6)–9–10 mm. Bracts in 2 pairs, triangular, scarious on margin, weakly keeled, up to 1 mm long. Fls paired. Sepals 4–5, oblong, not scarious, at fruiting connivent and c. 1/2 length of the smooth perigynous zone; whole fr. 1.5–2 mm long. Stamens 1–2, included in calyx.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Mar.; Fruiting: Nov.–Mar.
Bibliography
Hooker, J.D. 1855–1857 ("1860"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. III. Flora Tasmaniae. Vol. I. Dicoteledones. Lovell Reeve, London.
