Slender Mud Grass

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Pseudoraphis paradoxa

Aquatic perennial grass to 80 cm tall, growing by creeping stems. Flat thin spreading leaves along the stem, loosely sheathed at the base. Flowers are a single clustered flowerhead up to 8 cm long.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Distinctive Features

Has a long, stiff clealy visible bristle extending from the tip of each branch of the flower.
Biology

Grows in and around ephemeral or permanent pools and watercourses, often forming floating mats and/or a close turf on drying mud.
Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Pseudoraphis
Species
paradoxa

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Genus distributed across Australia and Asia.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

The relationship between this species and P. spinescens is not clearly understood, though the two seem to be distinct.
Native Status
Native