Citation: Boeckeler, Linnaea 38:330 (1874).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Hoary rapier-sedge.

Description:
Stems slender, 25-100 cm high, cylindrical or nearly so, 1.25-1.75 mm wide, (stouter and stiffer than in L. semiteres); leaves cylindrical or somewhat biconvex and more or less grooved on the inner face, 1.5-2 mm wide, some or all reduced to the sheaths.

Panicle often reduced to a simple or branched spike, 3-6 cm long, the branches erect or nearly so; spikelets distinct, 5-7 mm long, more or less hoary; lower glumes more or less obtuse and mucronate, the upper more acute and acuminate.

Nut obovoid, 2-3 x 1-1.3 mm, brown, often shiny; the style base rather prominent, cup-like, produced into 3 whitish longitudinal ribs reaching to the base; scales acuminate, with ciliate points, one-third to half as long as the nut.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; Vic. 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

Author: Not yet available