Knobby Club-sedge

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Ficinia nodosa


Rigid erect wiry sedge to 100 cm high with round stems arisng from along the stout rhizome. Leaves reduced to orange-brown sheaths.


Details
Flora Type
Sedges, rushes
Former Scientific Name
Scirpus nodosus
Distinctive Features

Flower a dense round red-brown head to 20 mm diameter, sitting above a rigid sharp long bract.

Biology

Perennial. Sandy soils. Tolerates salinity and dry conditions.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Galium
Species
gaudichaudii

Interesting Facts
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Native Status
Native