Elachanth: Whole

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sunflowers (Asterales)

Family:

Daisy (Asteraceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Elachanth (Elachanthus pusillus)

This Photo:

🔍Whole🔎

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
A small plant with petalless flowers.
It's florets are reminiscent of Grass Cushion, also petalless. While it's sepals look like Hard-headed Daisy.
It has cylindrical leaves. Note in one of the photo's there are lobed leaves showing. This is from a different unrelated plant.

Similar Species: Grass Cushion (Isoetopsis graminifolia)

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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