Prodr. 278 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Sprawling to semi-erect plants to c. 70 cm high; branches mostly dichotomous; stems terete or slightly grooved, sometimes scabrous. Leaves rather few, linear, flat, 5–10 cm long, c. 2–4 mm wide, entirely basal or reduced and subtending upper branches, rarely absent. Umbels 2–10-flowered; perianth segments 6–14 mm long, yellow, longer than stamens, sepals slightly longer and narrower than petals. Mature mericarps 4–6 mm long, ovoid. Seed ovoid, c. 3.5 mm long.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, Strz, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. All states. Occurs in grassland, open-forests and heaths across much of lowland Victoria but commoner in the south. An incomplete specimen from Wyperfeld National Park, tentatively referred to this species, is the only collection from the north-west of the State. It may be an aberrant, tenuous form of Tricoryne tenella, the typical Tricoryne of that region.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |