Rhizomatous perennials. Culms mostly noded. Leaves mostly basal, one often cauline; ligule membranous. Inflorescence panicle-like, narrow, with distant nodes. Spikelets several at each node, with 1 bisexual flower, often with a male flower below it; glumes spirally arranged, the lower ones sterile; hypogynous bristles 4 or 5, antrorsely scabrous above to shortly plumose near base, smooth at base; stamens usually 2; style 2-fid; style-base persistent, becoming thickened, antrorsely scabrous. Nut with margins inrolled, rounded on back.
3 species, endemic in Australia, represented in WA, Qld, NSW and Victoria.
Source:
Wilson, K.L. (1994). Cyperaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 238–356. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
