Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 221 ( 1810).

Synonymy: Scirpus nodosus Rottb., Descr. & Icon. 52 (1773).

Common name: Knobby club-rush.

Description:
Rhizome short, horizontal; stems densely tufted, rigid and rather stout, erect or nearly so, 50-150 cm high; leaves reduced to their sheaths.

Spikelets brown, ovoid, 4-5 mm long, numerous in a dense apparently lateral head 8-20 mm diam., the short involucral bract appearing as though a continualion of the stem; glumes obtuse, 2-3 mm long; style branches 3.

Nut obovoid, obtuse, cuneate, 0.9-1 x c. 0.7 mm, trigonous, sides flat to slightly convex, dark-brown, shiny, about half as long as the glume.

Distribution:  Mostly coastal (except in the SE).   All States except the N.T.   New Zealand, South Africa and South America. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year, especially summer.

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

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