''Baloskion longipes'', common name dense cordrush, is a dioecious perennial herb in the Restionaceae family, found in southeastern

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. It has cauline sheaths which usually have a few very short hairs on the margins. The culms are erect and about 90–150 cm high and 2–2.5 mm in diameter. The spikelets on the lower part of the flower head are not crowded, but borne on fine branches, which may be several centimetres long. The flowering glumes are 4–6 mm long. The male spikelets are ovate and 4–8 mm long, with six tepals, three stamens and a minute pistillode. The female spikelets are ovate to elliptic and 8.5–9.3 mm long, with four tepals and two staminodes. It is found on alluvium in swamps and depressions. It was first described as ''Restio longipes'' in 1963 by Lawrie Johnson and

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and reassigned to the genus ''

Baloskion ''Baloskion'' is a genus of rush-like plants from Australia. The genus was first formally described in 1838 by botanist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French ...

'' in 1998 by Lawrie Johnson and

Barbara Briggs Barbara Gillian Briggs (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The '' IK'' lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of th1998APG ...

. The specific epithet, ''longipes'', derives from the Latin words ''longus'' meaning "long" and ''pes'' meaning "foot" or "stalk", giving an adjective which describes the plant as having a long stalk. It is listed as "vulnerable" under the EPBC Act.

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longipes Flora of New South Wales Taxa named by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson Plants described in 1963 Taxa named by Barbara G. Briggs {{Poales-stub