Citation: A. Dietr., Sp. Pl. edn 6, 1, 2:110 (1832).

Synonymy: Scirpus marginatus Thunb., Prod. Pl. Cap. 17 (1794); S. antarcticus sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 296 (1978), non L. , Isolepis cartilaginea, Scirpus cartilagineus

Common name: Coarse club-rush.

Description:
Small tufted plant, usually less than 8 cm, sometimes 1.5-2 cm high; stems setaceous; leaves usually well-developed, setaceous, shorter than the stems; bract 1, erect or spreading, longer than the spikelets.

Spikelets 1-6 in a single cluster, ovoid or oblong, prominently angular, 3-4 mm long, few-flowered; glumes boat-shaped, c. 2 mm long, incurved, rigid, keel unusually stout, green, the sides shining, each with 4-6 curved nerves and a bright-brown or purplish-brown patch; stamens 1-3; style branches 3.

Nut ellipsoid to almost round in outline, subobtuse to subacute, shortly cuneate, 0.9-1 x 0.6-0.8 mm, regularly trigonous, angles subacute but not ribbed, sides nearly flat, not shining, straw-coloured or chestnut to brown or olive-green-black, smooth, finely reticulate in longitudinal rows of a transparent fine papillose layer, about two-thirds the length of the glume; the short stipes white and prominent.

Distribution:  Grows in damp places. S.Aust.: FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T. and Qld.   New Zealand; South Africa. Conservation status: native Flowering time: usually Sept. — Jan.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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