Baloskion
tetraphyllum
(Labill.) B.G.Briggs & L.A.S.Johnson
This native groundcover
is commonly known as
tassel cord rush.
Baloskion tetraphyllum
is described as a "monocot"
in the
Restionaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
See Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum. There are 2 geographically separated subspecies: Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum in far north Queensland and discontinuously through coastal Queensland and New South Wales to the Shoalhaven River; B. tetraphyllum subsp. tetraphyllum in the extreme SE of New South Wales at Nadgee, southern Victoria (including the Grampians), SE South Australia at Millicent and Mount Gambier, and Tasmania.(https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/baloskion%20tetraphyllum)
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
