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

Synonymy: Lepidosperma lineare

Common name: Variable sword-sedge.

Description:
Stems 40-100 cm high, 2-7 mm wide, flat or one side somewhat concave, with very sharp edges; leaves similar.

Panicle narrow, loose, 6-20 cm long; branches erect, the lowest whorl 5-12 cm long; lowest bract much shorter than the panicle; spikelets not clustered, 4-8 mm long, with 1 barren flower below the fertile 1, 2 or rarely 3; glumes 6, rigid, acuminate.

Nut obovoid-pyriform, truncate, long-cuneate to a wide stipe, c. 4 x 2 mm, wrinkled, light-chocolate-brown, shiny; the tip at the base of the style indistinct, white; glumes acuminate; scales distinct, spongy, lanceolate, about a quarter to a third as long as the nut.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 168.

Distribution:  A variable species in at least some parts of its range. S.Aust.: FR, SL, SE.   All States except W.Aust. and the N.T.   New Zealand. 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

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