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

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Sticky sword-sedge.

Description:
More or less viscid; stems 20-50 cm high, thin and nearly flat or one side convex, with resinous very scabrous brown margins, 3-5 mm wide; leaves similar but slightly wider.

Panicle narrow, 4-15 cm long, the lowest bract variable in length, the upper ones shorter and not prominent, branches few, short, erect; spikelets 4-6 mm long, densely crowded all along the branches, forming spike-like oblong clusters; glumes obtuse, shortly mucronate.

Nut oblong-ovate to oblong-obovate, subacute, cuneate to the narrow base, 2.5-3 x 1.2-1.5 mm, straw-coloured, rather dull, the cup-like tip slightly bulging, brownish; scales distinct, ovate, spongy, whitish, less than a quarter of the length of the nut.

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

Distribution:  S.Aust.: GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; 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

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