Scientific Name: Scleranthus fasciculatus

Common Name: spreading knawel

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Caryophyllaceae

Threatened Species Status: Vulnerable

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: A small tufted perennial herb with short decumbent stems and leaves in clusters. Straggly and open.

Flowers: Flowers very small, yellow to green, in pairs.

Fruit: Nutlet

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern Midlands
Plant Communities
GrasslandHeath
Habitat Notes

Inter-tussock spaces in tussock grassland and grassy woodland, only recorded from a few sites in the Midlands and the south-east.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

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Seed Information