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Chordifex hookeri

Chordifex hookeri
Photo: Amanda Irlind, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Restionaceae (Restion family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Chordifex hookeri is commonly known as woolly buttonrush or cord-rush. It is a rush species of the genus Chordifex in the family Restionaceae. The species is endemic to Tasmania.

Where it grows

Chordifex hookeri is endemic to Tasmania. It is found it mainly found in the South West of Tasmania, such as the Southwest National Park and the Southwest Conservation Area, where it is abundant and widely distributed. It can also be seen along the west coast stretching to the far north.

Other Chordifex plants

Chordifex abortivus · Chordifex dimorphus · Chordifex fastigiatus · Chordifex laxus · Chordifex microcodon · Chordifex

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chordifex hookeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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