Colobanthus apetalus (Labill.) Druce APNI* 
Description: Densely tufted and much-branched herb.
Leaves linear, 10–20 mm long, tapering gradually into a fine hair c. 0.6 mm long; lamina soft, often recurved, somewhat flaccid.
Pedicels usually 8–12 mm long. Sepals 2.5–4 mm long, acuminate.
Capsule c. 3 mm long, as long as calyx; seeds reddish brown, wrinkled.
Flowering: Flowers late spring and summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in drier alpine areas and at lower altitudes than C. affinis, in grassland and herbfields.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas. S.A.
Text by A. Doust
Taxon concept:
| N.S.W. occurrences are: var. apetalus |
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