Citation: Thunb., Fl. Jap. 39 (1784).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Strand sedge.

Description:
Rootstock creeping; stems triquetrous, 10-30 cm high; leaves keeled in the lower part, flat above.

Spikes 4-7, the males terminal, 1-4 and close together; the remainder female or with a few males at the top, distant, the lowest shortly pedunculate; floral bracts long; female glumes reddish-brown, acute.

Utricle c. 5 mm long, much longer than the glume, golden-brown, thick in texture, with a short 2-toothed beak; style branches 3.

Distribution:    All States except the N.T.   South America and Asia. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Jan.

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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