Little Club-sedge

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Isolepis marginata

Small tufted annual sedge to 10 cm high. Fine erect bristled flower stems. Leaf blades to 4 cm long. Flowers in spikes of 1-6, straw-coloured with reddish or blackish patches. Three-sided or oval nut, straw-coloured or dark brown.

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

Pale flowers overtopped by a green bract. Quite rigidly tufted. Basal sheaths pale brown to reddish.

Biology

Annual. Very widespread and common on light sandy and skeletal soils.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Nov

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

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Until recently considered native, now being considered as introduced. Adaptable species which can tolerate dry conditons.

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Native Status
Native