Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 234 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Clustered sword-sedge.

Description:
Stems 15-50 cm high, flat or slightly convex on one side, 3-5 mm broad, the edges acute, slightly scabrous; leaves similar, somewhat viscid at the margins of the sheaths.

Panicle narrow, dense, sometimes interrupted towards the base, 3-8 cm long, 1-2 cm broad; lowest bract half as long or sometimes as long as the panicle, all the bracts pungent-pointed, the upper ones long-awned; spikelets 4-5 mm long; lower glumes mucronate or shortly awned, the upper acutely acuminate.

Nut ovoid, umbilicate, shortly cuneate, c. 2.5 x 1.2 mm, olive-green, shiny, distinctly crowned by the white cup-like base of the style, produced into 3 longitudinal ribs reaching the base; hypogynous scales conspicuous, fleshy, fimbriate, straw-coloured, to a quarter as long as the nut.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   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