Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 9:23 (1875).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Tortuous rapier-sedge.

Description:
Stems to 30 cm high, slender and often curved, 0.7-1 mm wide, biconvex, with acute finely scabrous margins, more or less striate or channelled; leaves biconvex, sometimes channelled, to 1.5 mm wide; bract shorter or longer than the inflorescence.

Panicle reduced to a short quasi-lateral spike with a flexuous rhachis; spikelets 2-5, sessile, close together, 6-8 mm long, often curved; lower glumes broadly emarginate and mucronate, the upper ones obtuse, the uppermost acuminate.

Nut c. 2.5 mm long, with the style base rather distinct; scales thinner than in other species, acute, glabrous, rather less than half the length of the nut.

Distribution:    N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Jan.

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