Family: Cyperaceae
Plant: Tufted, clump-forming, spreading sedge up to 2.5m high.
Flowers: Brown to dark grey-brown spikelets 4-6mm long in an erect or spreading branched inflorescence 50-125cm long on stout stems (culms) 80-200cm high
Flowering: Throughout the year.
Fruit: Shiny, orange to red, ovoid nut, 3mm long.
Leaves: In basal tufts, strap-like 1-2m long with sharp scabrous margins. The leaves are as long as the flowering stems. The branches are subtended by leafy bracts. Both sides of the leaves are green.
Habitat: Creek banks and marshy areas in shady forest.
Features: Growing in damp areas. Mature fruit orange-red. Leaves as long as the flowering stems. Long, floppy stems. Both sides of the leaves are green.
Name:
Gahnia After the Swedish botanist Dr. Henry Gahn
Clarkei After the English botanist C.B.Clarke
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Sedge/Rush |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Rust, Grey |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, |
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8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Orange, Red, Brown |
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Other Features |
Hard |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal, Tufted |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Very long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Rough |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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