Astelia alpina var. novae-hollandiae Skottsb. APNI* 
Description: Mat-forming herb; leaves, scapes and panicles covered with white-silvery scales; bases of leaves and scapes with long filiform silky scales.
Leaves linear, 5–17 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, apex acute, upper surface green to grey-green, lower surface shiny grey-green to silvery white.
Male panicle exserted, open, 10–50-flowered, 30–80 mm long; scape 3–12 cm long; spathes 3–7, the lowest leafy; pedicels 2–12 mm long. Female panicle contracted, few-flowered, hidden among leaves, 1–2.5 cm long; scape 2–8 cm long; lowest spathes linear; pedicels 0–8 mm long. Perianth greenish yellow, 2–4 mm long in male flowers, 4–6 mm long in female flowers; tepals basally free.
Berry oblong, 6–10 mm long, 3–4 mm diam., 1-locular, red; seeds 4–8, c. 1.8 mm long.
Flowering: late spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in bogs and wet sites in alpine areas of the Snowy Mtns (ST).
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
| The single variety in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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