Isolepis habra
Wispy Club-sedge
Slender perennial sedge spreading from short underground stems. Stems thread-like.
Additional information
- FamilyCyperaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size7-30 cm high
- Plant groupingGrasses, Rushes & Sedges
- LeavesLeaves to 12 cm long. Leafy bract longer than flowerhead.
- Flower colourStraw-coloured tinged red-brown or all dark red-brown
- Flowering timeSeptember to January
- FlowersFlowerhead of 2-3 spikelets 2-3 mm long. Lower bracts spirally arranged, irregular sides, 3-4 veins. Nut triangular.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist soil in mountain forests at high altitude. Semi shade.
- Garden useBog gardens and in depressions in gardens at higher altitudes.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites. More common outside the Shire boundary.
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Photographer/s: 1 C. Totterdell © Australian National Botanic Gardens; 2 A. Barley, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©
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