Citation: Steudel, Synops. Pl. glumac. 2:394 (1855).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Horizontal rhizomes; fruiting stem 15-40 cm high; leaves 3-7mm wide, margins sparsely ciliate with long hairs, flat, with an obtuse-callose apex.

Inflorescence erect, consisting of 1-4 sessile, small clusters, forming an elongated, sometimes almost conical inflorescence 1-2 (rarely to 3) cm long; flowers 2-3 mm long; perianth-segments equal in length, a light to dark brown with a white transparent margin, equalling the capsule.

Fruit brown or yellowish-brown; style c. 0.2 mm; stigma c. 1 mm; seeds c. 1 mm long, dark-brown, with a large caruncle of c. 0.6 mm.

Published illustration: Nordenskiold (1969) Bot. Nolis. 122:77.

Distribution:  Usually grows above 1,000 m above sea-level, often in peat bogs. Rare in S.Aust.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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