Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 222 (1810).

Synonymy: Scirpus inundatus (R. Br.)Poiret, Encycl. 13:103 (1817). , Isolepis subtilissima

Common name: Swamp club-rush.

Description:
Rather variable perennial; stems tufted, sometimes coarser than in most species, rigid or flaccid, 10-30 cm high but S. Aust. specimens usually much smaller, sometimes proliferous; leaf blades usually reduced to a mere point, sometimes more developed; bract usually longer than the spikelets, erect or oblique.

Spikelets mostly 3-12 in a cluster, ovoid to oblong, 4-6 mm long, somewhat angled, usually stained with a dark purplish-brown; glumes with a green keel and scarious 3- or 4-nerved sides, slightly mucronate, the tip erect; stamen 1; style branches 3.

Nut elliptic to almost round in outline, acute, shortly cuneate, c. 1 x 0.75 mm, triquetrous, slightly compressed, angles narrowly ribbed, sides flat to slightly convex, pallid to a pale straw-colour, finely reticulate in longitudinal rows of a transparent shiny fine papillose layer, more than half as long as the glume.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T.   New Zealand; South America and south-east Asia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: usually Oct. — April.

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

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