Family: Cyperaceae
Lepidosperma gladiatum
Citation:
Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:15 (1805).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Sword rush, coast sword-sedge.
Description:
Stems rigid, over 1 m high, 8-20 mm broad, biconvex with sharp edges; leaves similar but flatter.
Panicle dense, thick, or the lower branches spreading, 4-15 cm long; spikelets pale-brown, 6-8 mm long, with or without a barren flower below the fertile one.
Nut ovoid, subacute, very shortly cuneate into a short stipe, c. 3 x 1.5 mm, irregularly wrinkled, straw-coloured distally, brown basally, shiny; scales spongy, acute to acuminate, white, to about a third of the length of the nut.
Distribution:
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Grows along sandy coasts.
S.Aust.: EP, YP, SL, KI, SE. All States except the N.T. and Qld.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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