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Hypolaena fastigiata, commonly known as tassel rope-rush or bundled rope rush, is a plant species in the family Restionaceae. It is endemic to Australia, and commonly found in sandy-soil habitats. It is distinctive among other species in Hypolaena due to ascending culms with a round cross section, glaucous colour when young, glabrous when mature, and very small fruit dangling creating a tassal like appearance.
Hypolaena fastigiata is native to Australia and widespread throughout Tasmania, southern Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia. It is the only species within the Hypolaena genus to be found outside of Western Australia. They have fairly wide habitat distribution but are usually found in damp or fairly dry sandy soils in heathland or peatland or the margins of swamps. They are widespread in coastal heathlands and wallums, as well as distributing inland due to peatlands presence, especially within Tasmania from peat appearing above sandy soil.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hypolaena fastigiata 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.
