Cas. Nar. Mus., Odd. Prir. 141: 62 (1972) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Rhizomatous perennial. Culms 30–90(–120) cm high, 1–3.5 mm diam. Leaves ± erect 2–7 mm wide. Inflorescence a compact head of 3–6 spikelets, or with 1–3 spikelet clusters on branches 1–4 cm long; involucral bracts 4–22 cm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide. Spikelets 1–2 cm long; glumes yellow-brown, c. 7 mm long, plus awn c. 2 mm long; hypogynous bristles about half as long as nut, usually deciduous; style 2-fid. Nut lenticular with concave faces, broad-obovoid, straw-coloured to dark golden brown, shining, minutely but obviously reticulate, 3.5–4 mm long, 2.5–3 mm diam. Flowers spring–summer.
CVU, DunT, EGL, GipP, Gold, HSF, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, RobP, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. All States. New Zealand. Occasional, on margins of fresh to subsaline swamps, slow-flowing watercourses, and in shallow drains.
More slender than the other species, usually with leaves ± erect, with a small clustered inflorescence, and the nut broad and always lenticular, with surface minutely but obviously reticulate under a hand-lens.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Robinvale Plains | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |