Baloskion tetraphyllum — a medium houseplant
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Baloskion tetraphyllum

Baloskion Tetraphyllum

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Baloskion tetraphyllum is a rush-like plant in the family Restionaceae. Common names include tassel rope-rush, plume rush and Australian reed.The species was formally described in 1806 by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. He gave it the name Restio tetraphyllus. Lawrie Johnson and Barbara Briggs placed it in the genus Baloskion in 1998.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Baloskion
Family
Restionaceae
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Baloskion tetraphyllum leaf
PLATE 01 · leaf
Baloskion tetraphyllum leaf
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Baloskion tetraphyllum habit
PLATE 03 · habit