Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 235 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Little sword-sedge.

Description:
Stems 5-30 cm long, often quite short, 1-2 mm wide, biconvex though thin, the edges acute and finely scabrous; leaves rigid, sometimes very much longer than the stems when the latter are short, otherwise very similar.

Panicle 2-8 cm long, oblong or linear, almost spike-like, 1.5-4 cm long, the lowest bract about as long or slightly longer; branches very short; spikelets very few, 5-7 mm long, 1-2-flowered; glumes 5 or 6, acuminate, the lower more or less prominently mucronate.

Nut ovoid, obtuse, shortly cuneate to a distinct wide stipe, 3-3.5 x 1.2-1.4 mm, wrinkled, a light olive-green, shiny; the style indistinct, straw-coloured like the base; scales spongy, light-brown, acuminate, glabrous, about a third as long as the nut.

Distribution:  A variable species.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. 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