''Baloskion gracile'' is a species of perennial

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found near

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in Australia. A rush with stems from 30 to 100 cm tall. The preferred habitat is wet, sandy soil. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the

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known as "(J. D.) v.v." appearing in his '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' in 1810. The specific epithet ''gracile'' meaning slender, refers to the thin stems.Les Robinson – Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 300

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gracile Gracility is slenderness, the condition of being gracile, which means slender. It derives from the Latin adjective ''gracilis'' (masculine or feminine), or ''gracile'' ( neuter), which in either form means slender, and when transferred for examp ...

Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Plants described in 1810 {{Poales-stub