Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 242 (1810).

Synonymy: C. paniculata sensu Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:440 (1878), non L.

Common name: Tall sedge. (Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 155.)

Description:
Densely tufted; stems tall, to 1 m or so high, acutely triquetrous, scabrous on the edges towards the summit; leaves 3-6 mm broad, with scabrous margins.

Inflorescence a long narrow spike-like panicle 5-25 cm long, with inconspicuous bracts or the lowest sometimes prominent and filiform; spikelets very numerous, androgynous, ovoid, c. 5 mm long; glumes more or less hyaline, acute or subacute, shortly mucronate, the sides stained chestnut.

Utricles ovate and tapering into a shortly 2-fid beak, plano- or somewhat biconvex, compressed, glabrous, serrulate on the margins in the upper part, 2-3 mm long and slightly longer than the glumes; style branches 2.

Distribution:  Grows in damp areas including standing water. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T.   New Zealand and other adjoining areas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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