Citation: J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 676 (1929).

Synonymy: C. gracilis R. Br. var. rigidella Benth., Fl. Aust. 7:266 (1878); Mariscus rigidellus (Benth.) C.B. Clarke, Kew Bull. add. ser. 8:18 (1908); C. gracilis sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 89 (1922), non R. Br.; C. enervis sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 89 (1922), non R. Br.

Common name: Flat-sedge.

Description:
Tufted annual or perennial; stems oblique to erect, to 25 cm high, slender, prominently and somewhat acutely trigonous, striate, smooth or scabrous; leaves mostly longer than the stems, narrow, to 2 mm broad, the margins remotely scabrous and often incurved; bracts similar to the leaves, 2-3, some or all longer than the inflorescence.

Nut linear-oblong, somewhat oblanceolate, acute to acuminate, long-cuneate to a wide base, 1.5-3 x 0.5-0.7 mm, bluntly trigonous with convex sides, light-brown to brown, dull or covered with a thin shiny transparent faint reticulate-papillose layer, base lighter, the tips usually pointed and blackish, about as long as the glume.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP, MU.   All mainland States. Conservation status: native Flowering time: March — April and July — Sept.

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

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