Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:415 (1878).

Synonymy: Cladium lanigerum R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 237 (1810).

Common name: Desert saw-sedge.

Description:
Slender plant, 10-30 cm high; leaves erect, straight, subulate, smooth, pungent-pointed, the brown sheaths woolly at the orifice.

Panicle slender; narrow, 4-12 cm long; spikelets not clustered, 3-4 mm long, 2-flowered; stamens 3.

Nut suboblong-obovoid, obtuse at both ends, 1.6-1.9 x c. 0.8 mm, trigonous with convex sides, straw-coloured, smooth, rather shiny.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 275.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NU, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

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

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