Scleranthus fasciculatus (R.Br.) Hook.f.
Slender lax perennial; stems ascending, 10-25 cm long, bearing dense very short straight hairs; internodes 4-15 mm long. Lvs paired and in short axillary fascicles, linear-subulate, spreading, scabrid on margin and keel, sometimes ciliolate at base, acute, 5-10-(15) mm long. Peduncles puberulent, very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting to (6)-9-10 mm. Bracts in 2 pairs, triangular, scarious on margin, weakly keeled, up to 1 mm long. Fls paired. Sepals 4-5, oblong, not scarious, at fruiting connivent and c. 1/2 length of the smooth perigynous zone; whole fr. 1.5-2 mm long. Stamens 1-2, included in calyx.
S.: Marlborough (Wither Hills), Canterbury (Waipara).
Australia 1981
Grassland.
S. fasciculatus was first recorded as S. sp. aff. S. biflorus.
