Citation: Boott, Trans. Linn. Soc. 20:143 (1846).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Tufted; stems triquetrous, smooth below the inflorescence, 20-40 cm long: leaves flat, 3.5-7 mm broad, broader than most other species; bracts with prominent sheaths, long but not always overtopping the inflorescence.

Spikes 3-6, distant, cylindrical, the lowest one female, usually on a long pedunclc and then usually low down, the terminal one male, 1.5-3 cm long, the other spikes female or sometimes with a few male flowers at the top, 1.5-4 cm long; glumes ovate, obtuse or emarginate, prominently mucronate, stained chestnut on the sides.

Utricles longer than the glumes, several-nerved but not very prominently so, trigonous, scarcely stipitate, smooth, gradually attenuate into a very distinct shortly 2-fid conical beak, 4.5-5 mm long; style branches 3.

Distribution:  Grows in wet places. S.Aust.: FR, SL, SE.   Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — March.

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