Baloskion fimbriatum (L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson APNI* Synonyms: Restio fimbriatus L.A.S.Johnson & O.D.Evans APNI*
Description: Dioecious perennial herb; rhizome shortly creeping.
Culms erect, thin and wiry, c. 20–85 cm high, c. 0.5–1.2 mm diam. Sheaths appressed, c. 10–15 mm long, apex acute; sheaths on the upper portion of the culm mostly with an apical tuft of fine hairs 1–4 mm long; lamina absent. Spikelets few, mostly 1–7. Sterile and flowering glumes mostly fringed with long, fine hairs.
Spikelets arranged in a raceme or narrow panicle, or terminal when solitary; individual spikelets either sessile or borne on filiform pedicels, ovate to globose. Glumes ovate to broad ovate, apex caudate, margins fringed with short to long hairs. Male spikelets 6–8 mm long. Male tepals 6; stamens 3; pistillode present. Female spikelets 6.5–9 mm long. Female tepals 4; staminodes 2.
Distribution and occurrence: in wet and poorly drained, deep, sandy soils; north from Nerriga.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by A. L. Quirico & B. G. Briggs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 4 (1993)
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