Family: Cyperaceae
Baumea articulata
Citation:
S.T. Blake, Contrib. Qld Herb. 8:28 (1969).
Synonymy: Cladium articulatum R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 237 (1810); Machaerina articulata (R. Br.)Koyama, Bot. Mag., Tokyo 69:62 (1956).
Common name: Jointed twig-rush.
Description:
Stems cylindrical, 1-2 m high, hollow, with more or less distinct transverse partitions; leaves basal, long, like the stems but the transverse partitions very prominent, the tips tapering and rather pungent; lowest bract rather similar but short.
Panicle loose, 20-40 cm long, 3-6 cm broad, drooping, interrupted; spikelets numerous, brown, 3-5-flowered, 1 flower fertile but not always the lowest; glumes acute to somewhat obtuse, glabrous, tuberculate-scabrous on the keel.
Nut oblong-obovoid, c. 2.5 x 1 mm, trigonous, shining, light-brown to whitish, the globose central portion light-brown and traversed by 3 whitish vertical ridges arising from the whitish base; style base small, dark-pointed.
Distribution:
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W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. New Zealand and New Guinea.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: mainly Oct. — March, but also at other times.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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