Citation: Pohl, Tent. Fl. Boh. 1:32 (1809).

Synonymy: Schoenus mariscus L., Sp. Pl. 42 (1753); C procerum S.T. Blake, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 67:57 (1943); Machaerina procera (S. T. Blake) Koyama, Bot. Mag., Tokyo 69:65 (1956).

Common name: Leafy twig-rush.

Description:
Stems hollow, stout, more or less distinctly trigonous, 1-2 m high, several-noded, sometimes with a few leafy branches from the upper nodes; leaves long, flat, tapering, minutely but rigidly denticulate on the keels and the margins.

Panicle leafy, 20-30 cm long, 6-8 cm broad, of distant dense pedunculate corymbose umbels; spikelets brown, numerous, with 2 bisexual flowers, only the lower one fertile as a rule; glumes obtuse; stamens 2; nut ovoid, 2-2.5 x c. 1.5, light-brown to brown, smooth, shining, the acute tip yellowish-brown.

Distribution:    All States except ?Tas.   Tropical-and temperate parts of the world. 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

Taxonomic notes: Experts disagree on whether or not the Australian species should be separated (under the name C. procerum) from the cosmopolitan species C. mariscus.

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