Baloskion tenuiculme (S.T.Blake) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* Synonyms: Restio tenuiculmis S.T.Blake APNI*
Description: Dioecious perennial herb, tufted.
Culms erect, slender, c. 15–40 cm high, 0.6–0.8 mm diam. Sheaths appressed, few short hairs at apex, 6.5–10.5 mm long, apex acute; lamina small, linear to subulate, to 20 mm long.
Spikelets solitary and terminal or few (up to 6) in a loose raceme, up to c. 35 mm long. Male spikelets globose, c. 4–6 mm long, c. 15–45 flowers. Male tepals 6; stamens 3; pistillode present. Female spikelets narrower and have fewer flowers per spikelet, ellipsoid, c. 4.5–6.5 mm long, c. 5–18 flowers. Female tepals 4; staminodes 2.
Distribution and occurrence: in wet or damp sandy peat; coastal districts north from Red Rock.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by A. L. Quirico & B. G. Briggs (1993)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993) (as Restio tenuiculmis)
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