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Leptocarpus tenax
Slender Twine Rush is a perennial, dioecious, rush-like sedge relative native to moist sites in eastern and southern Australia, typically 50 to 130 cm tall with very fine stems. It grows best kept consistently moist, as in wetland margins or damp garden beds.
Leptocarpus tenax is a species of plant in the family Restionaceae. It is perennial, dioecious herb found in many moist parts of eastern and southern Australia and often seen growing from 50 to 130 cm tall, with stems 1 to 2 mm in diameter. The specific epithet tenax is derived from Latin, meaning "holding fast".
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
