Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 258 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Pale rush.

Description:
Stems stout, 50 cm to 2 m high, 3-8 mm diam., pale-green, with a continuous pith; stem striations fine, 50-100; leaves reduced to long broad basal sheaths, dark-brown below, pale above.

Flowers straw-coloured, numerous, distinct in a rather loose or dense erect lateral panicle 6-16 cm long, with a long erect rigid acute primary bract; perianth 2.6-3.5 mm long, the segments all acute, exceeded by the ovoid capsule; stamens 6.

Distribution:  Grows in seasonally damp places. S.Aust.: EP, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except Qld and the N.T.   New Zealand. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly in summer.

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