Citation: Weigel, Obs. bot. 28 (1772).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Capitate rush. (II1. Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 177; Ross-Craig (1973) Drawings Brit. Pl. 30:23.)

Description:
Annual, with simple filiform stems 2-8 cm high; leaves all radical, linear-channelled, solid.

Flowers brown, 3-10 in a terminal cluster, usually solitary and surpassed by a leafy bract, the lower flowers in the cluster spreading; outer perianth-segments with long curved points; stamens 3.

Capsule almost globular, shorter than the perianth; seeds without tails.

Distribution:  Grows mainly in damp or seasonally damp areas. S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to Eurasia, Africa and South America, but probably not North America. Conservation status: naturalised 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

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