Citation: F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:400 (1878).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Black rapier-sedge.

Description:
Stems filiform, 20-40 cm high, rigid, grooved on one side otherwise cylindrical, 0.5-0.75 mm wide; leaves compressed or angular but similarly grooved; particle black, 1.5-3 cm long, with an often zig-zag rhachis.

The short partial spikes usually fan-shaped; bracts prominently awned; spikelets close together, 8-14 mm long; glumes acuminate or mucronate or shortly awned from just below the tip.

Nut obovoid-pyriform, c. 4 x 2 mm, brown to reddish-brown, shiny; the style base prominent, cup-like, whitish, produced into 3 brown longitudinal ribs reaching the base; scales prominent, acuminate, coffee-brown, with minutely ciliolate points, about one-third rarely to half as long as the nut.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; 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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available