Colobanthus pulvinatus F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Tufted herb with leaves spreading.
Leaves narrow-triangular to lanceolate, < 6 mm long, rigid, apex pungent, channelled above, convex below, margins thickened, midrib prominently keeled.
Pedicels 1–2 mm long, thickened, shorter than calyx. Sepals triangular, c. 3 mm long, pungent.
Capsule c. 3 mm long, as long as calyx; seeds reddish brown with low rounded tubercles and a definite depression about the hilum.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in grassland and herbfields, sometimes forming dense, matted turfs; may also colonize disturbed areas.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Other Australian states: Tas.
Text by A. Doust
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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