Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 234 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Sand-hill sword-sedge.

Description:
Stems solid, less than 6 mm wide, flat or concave on one side, to 60 cm high; leaves usually as long as the stems, 3-6 mm wide.

Panicle 4-7 cm long, with densely aggregated spikelets, the lowest branch about equal to or shorter than its subtending bract; glumes lanceolate to oblong, minutely pubescent.

Nut ovoid- to obovoid-pyriform, obtuse and abruptly apiculate, cuneate to a wide base, rather dull, brown, c. 2 x 1 mm, indistinctly crowned by the cup-like base of the style; scales prominent, fleshy, acute to acuminate, straw-coloured, a third rarely half as long as the nut, the outer narrow-oblong and shorter than the obovate-acuminate inner ones.

Distribution:  It generally grows on sand.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic; Tas. 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