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Scleranthus pungens R.Br.
Family Caryophyllaceae
Common name: Prickly Knawel

Scleranthus pungens R.Br. APNI*

Description: Stiff perennial herb with ascending to erect stems.

Leaves linear-lanceolate to subulate, 5–12 mm long, rigid, pungent-pointed, spreading and ± keeled.

Flowers sessile in terminal clusters; each flower subtended by a wide, lanceolate, pungent-tipped bract. Calyx lobes pungent, spreading, as long as or longer than the tube, pungent. Stamens 5, staminodes 5.


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Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Inland NSW, near White Cliffs and Mootwingee. Also inland SA.

Grows in dry sandy soils.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: S.A.
AVH map***

Text by A. Doust (1990); edited KL Wilson (Feb 2014; Sept 2015)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990); Cowley and West, Flora Vic 3 (1996)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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