Common Name: Prickly Knawel
Botanical Name: Scleranthus pungens
Family: CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Description:
Prickly perennial herb with erect stems to 30 cm high. Narrow, lanceolate-shape, sharply pointed, to 1.5 cm long. Clustered white flowers on the end of stems. Late winter to spring.
Prickly perennial herb with erect stems to 30 cm high. Narrow, lanceolate-shape, sharply pointed, to 1.5 cm long. Clustered white flowers on the end of stems. Late winter to spring.
Natural Distribution:
Common to low rainfall mallee and northern arid plant communities in SA. Also in NSW.
Common to low rainfall mallee and northern arid plant communities in SA. Also in NSW.
Notes:
Recorded as uncommon in the Eyre Peninsula region.
Recorded as uncommon in the Eyre Peninsula region.
