Shortly rhizomatous or loosely tufted perennial, culms slender, 0.3–0.5 mm diam. Spikelets 8–11 (–14) mm long; fertile glumes 8–11 mm long; anthers 3.3–4.5 mm long (excluding appendage), apical appendage 0.3–0.5 mm long; hypogynous scales acute to acuminate, narrow, reaching from one-third to one-half way up body of nut. Nut 3.1–3.5 mm long, 1.8–2.0 mm diam. Flowers spring–summer.
Wim, GleP, VVP, GipP, OtP, WaP, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGL, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Widespread and locally common in southern Victoria, usually on damp sandy soils, in heath or woodland.
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.
