Additional information

• FamilyCyperaceae
• StoreyLower storey
• Size5-12 cm high
• Plant groupingAquatic & Semi aquatic
• LeavesNarrow channelled leaves to 9 cm long, sometimes longer than flowering stems. Leafy bracts below flowerheads longer than flowerheads, to 2 cm long.
• Flower colourStraw-coloured tinged with red-brown or dark red-brown
• Flowering timeNovember to March
• FlowersFlowerheads of 1-3 spikelets 2-5 mm long. Lower bracts spirally arranged, rounded tip, several obscure veins. Nut 3-angled, shiny pale yellow to pale reddish brown..
• Bird attractingNo
• Butterfly attractingNo
• Frog habitatNo
• Growing conditionsMoist to wet and waterlogged soils and bogs in gullies of mountain forests. Partial to dappled shade.
• Garden useGrow along edges of water areas and in bog gardens which will not dry out.
• Commercially availableNever
• Conservation statusRestricted distribution within the Shire. More widespread in the eastern highlands.

Photo Gallery

Photographer/s: 1, 3 Neil Blair, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 2 C. Tottendell ©, Australian National Botanic Gardens

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