Gahnia radula
(R.Br.) Benth. Thatch Saw-sedgeNarrowly tufted, rhizomatous perennial. Culms 50–100 cm high, 2.5–5 mm diam. Leaf-blades flat, erect, scabrous, longer than inflorescence; ligules narrow, chartaceous; sheaths grey-brown, often pinkish above, dull. Inflorescence narrow, erect to ascending, 50–70 cm long, with 5–9 nodes. Spikelets 2-flowered; glumes 5–7, uppermost 2 or 3 much shorter and broader and with erose or fimbriate upper margin, dark grey-brown to blackish, glabrous or minutely scabrous, lower glumes with acuminate to retuse apex; stamens 3; anthers 1.7–2 mm long excluding apical appendage 0.1–0.2 mm long. Nut obovoid to ellipsoid, obscurely trigonous, reticulate, shining, 1.5–2.0 mm long, 1.0–1.3 mm diam., straw-coloured to dark brown with whitish outer layer. Flowers spring–summer.
Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Widespread on seasonally wet or poorly drained silty soils in woodland or forest-clearings.
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.
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