Australian Native Plants - Rushes and Sedges
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Triglochin striata
(Streaked Arrow Grrass) |
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This rhizomatous perennial has narrow, linear leaves with parallel lines. It ranges in height between 3 cm and 25 cm.
The plant produces numerous small, round, green flowers on a central stem that can range in height from 3 cm to 15 cm.
The... Read more > |
Ficinia nodosa
(Knobby Club Rush) |
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Knobby Club Rush is a perennial rush with clumps of dark-green stems on long creeping rhizomes. It grows to a height of 30-90 cm.
The stems are cylindrical (usually with a slight tapering at both ends), smooth- surfaced and approximately 1.5-3 mm... Read more > |
Fimbristylis ferruginea
(Rusty Sedge) |
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Fimbristylis ferruginea is tufted (20-65 cm tall) with very short rhizomes.
Flowers appear on a single spikelet, sometimes on 1 or 2 lateral spikelets.
It has a brown membranous sheath around its stems. The spikelets are solitary and brown,... Read more > |
Gahnia filum
(Chaffy Saw-sedge) |
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0.4m - 1.5m |
The Chaffy Saw-sedge is a tussock-forming perennial with flat grassy leaves. It has brown flower spikes in spring and summer. Read more > |
Isolepis cernua
(Nodding Club Rush) |
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Nodding Club Rush is an erect, rhizomatous, grass-like sedge that is both annual and perennial. It grows to 30 cm tall.
The flowering stem is thread-like and reaches 2-20 cm high.
The flowers are straw to orange coloured or... Read more > |
Isolepis inundata
(Swamp Club-rush) |
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Swamp Club-rush is a slender, tufted to shortly rhizomatous perennial sedge, from 5-50 cm high with 1.5 mm diameter stems. Leaves are reduced or sometimes to 15 mm long.
Spikelets are in clusters of 3-20 with a subtending bract equal to or... Read more > |
Juncus bufonius
(Toad Rush) |
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Toad Rush is an annual that grows in tufts and to a height of 20-30 cm.
The leaf blades are flat and around 5 mm wide. The stems are usually pale. It has solitary flowers along branches, in clusters of 2-6.
The plant flowers between September... Read more > |
Juncus kraussii
(Jointed Rush) |
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Jointed Rush is a perennial rush that grows to 50 cm to 1.2 m tall, with a rhizomatous habit. It often grows in thick tussocks or clumps.
The plant's stems are cylindrical to slightly flattened in cross-section, and are 1.5-3 mm in... Read more > |
Schoenoplectus pungens
(Sharp Club-Rush) |
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The Sharp Club-Rush is a medium-sized perennial sedge with a long rhizomatous root system. Stems from 20-60 cm high and 3 mm diameter, without nodes (swollen bumps) and smooth and hairless. Leaves to 20 cm long.
Flower-heads in small clusters... Read more > |
