Threatened annual Aphelia gracilis (slender fanwort) growing in Mt William National Park, northeast Tasmania.A collection of this population was made in November 2007 as part of the Tasmanian SeedSafe project.
This is a male flower belonging the the Anarthria genus of the Anarthriaceae family growing in sandy and peaty soils. It is a clumping plant and tend to only flower after a fire or disturbance. . The wide flower sheath falls on flowering. This is the male flower which releases the pollen. Anarthria (without joints) laevis (smooth)Photo: Fred