Sticky Sword-Sedge

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Lepidosperma viscidum

Clump-forming perennial with short rhizome. Sticky shining flat leaves with straw-coloured sheaths. Erect oval flowerheads of numerous redish to blackish brown flowers maturing to smooth pale to dark brown shining nuts.

Details
Flora Type
Sedges, rushes
Distinctive Features

Stems flat or convex on oneside, sticky to the touch, with rough edges.
Biology

Perennial. Sandy and rocky sites
Native Status
Native
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Cyperaceae
Genus
Lepidosperma
Species
viscidum

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native