Eleocharis pusilla R.Br.

  • Filed As

    Cyperaceae
    Eleocharis pusilla R.Br.

  • Habitat

    Shallow red clay/loam over granite.

  • Description

    Shrub 30 cm x 50 cm to 1 m x 80 cm (seedlings also noted). Leaves bluish green. Flowers standard golden yellow with reddish orange flare; keel wings golden yellow with an orange tinge; keel deep reddish orange. < 25 plants in colony. Collection from several plants. Peak flowering finished. Colony very localised. New growth on larger shrubs from central rootstock. 2 largest shrubs 1 m x 80 cm in poor condition. Remainder very healthy. (Few photographs due to retreat by photographer - tiger snakes!).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02565478

    Occurrence ID: 30860373-5dea-435f-8868-bd4600bebde8

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EX
NATIONAL HERBARIUM OF NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney
Eleocharis pusilla R.Br.
Det.: K.L. Wilson Nov 1983
CYPERACEAE
Loc.: Lachlan River, 8 km W of Jemalong Weir on
Condobolin road
AUSTRALIA NSW Central Western Slopes
Lat. 33° 23'S Long. 147° 42'E Alt.:
Coll.: K.L. Wilson 5686
Date: 29 Nov 1983
Notes: Disturbed riverflats with scattered Euc. camaldulensis.
Grey-brown clay soil. Also E. plana and Cyperus eragrostis.
Culms yellow-green, filiform. Frequent patches beside shallow
pool of rainwater at roadside.
Dups. to: NE, CANB, MO, NY, K
(This specimen is a duplicate of NSW 867336)
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Aus
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Eleocharis pusilla
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eleocharis plana
Cyperus eragrostis

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