Kelleria dieffenbachii (Hook.) Endl. APNI* Synonyms: Kelleria tasmanica (Hook.f.) Berggr. APNI*
Description: Small creeping perennial shrub forming tufts to 30 cm diam.; often much branched and intertwined.
Leaves linear, mostly 2–3 mm long, < 1 mm wide, stiff, margins ciliate and apex with a tuft of hairs, glabrescent with age; sessile.
Heads 1–4-flowered, in small terminal clusters amongst the leaves. Flowers c. 1.5 mm long, 3 mm diam., white.
Distribution and occurrence: Fruit c. 2 mm long. Grows in alpine tracts of the Kosciusko area, and high mountains of Tas.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Tas.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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