Anarthria scabra is an herbaceous plant found in Southwest Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Restionaceae |
| Genus: | Anarthria |
| Species: | A. scabra
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| Binomial name | |
| Anarthria scabra R.Br. 1810
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Description
editThe form is sedge- or rush-like, with groups of flowers that present a brown and yellow inflorescence; this appears around August to December, the height of this robust plant is 0.35 to 1.5 metres. The perennial leaves emerge from a rhizomatous base, usually long and sedge-like these are typically hairless with an entire margin. They occur at sand dunes on white or grey sand, or peaty sands, often in areas that are wet in winter. The distribution range is coastal and sub coastal habitat from the Swan Coastal Plain, south of Perth, to the increasingly arid Esperance Plains.[1][2]
Taxonomy
editThe plant was first described by Robert Brown in 1810.[3][4]
References
edit- ^ "Anarthria scabra". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Anarthria". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Anarthria scabra R.Br". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 249, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata Q7247677