Citation: Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 1:16 (1805).

Synonymy: L. exaltatum R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 234 (1810).

Common name: Pithy sword-sedge.

Description:
Stems 60-100 mm high, 6-8 mm broad, strongly biconvex with narrow acute edges; leaves similar; particle 10-30 cm long, rather narrow, the lowest subtending bract 4-10 cm long.

Spikelets 2-3-flowered, brown, 6-7 mm long, densely crowded along the erect branches, sometimes forming distinct clusters.

Nut narrow-ovoid, acute, long-cuneate to the wide base, c. 3 x 1.5 mm, irregularly wrinkled, light-brown to brown, shiny, cup at the base of the style indistinct, straw-coloured; scales distinct, spongy, ovate, ovate-lanceolate, a quarter to half as long as the nut.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. Usually in water in swamps (most other species occur in much drier habitats). 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

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