Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 250 (1810).

Synonymy: Schoenodum tenax Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 2:80 (1806).

Common name: Slender twine-rush.

Description:
Stems simple, 50 cm to 1 m high with dark appressed sheathing bracts 5-10 mm long at intervals.

Male spikelets c. 3 mm long, numerous in a loose panicle, reddish-brown, often drooping; glumes obtuse; perianth-segments hyaline, obtuse, c. 1 mm long; female spikelets erect, c. 10 mm long, almost sessile, in a dense erect panicle, the lowest branch often distant; glumes acuminate, with spreading-erect points; the 2 outer perianth-segments complicate and winged on the keel, longer than the 4 inner ones, the 2 innermost flat and hyaline.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Flowers and/or fruits: mainly Oct. — June.

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

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