Family: Restionaceae
Plant: A rush up to 70cm high with numerous spreading stems and with male and female flowers on separate plants.
Flowers: Spikelets subtended by leafy bracts borne along the length of flowering stems, male spikelet ovoid, female spikelet narrow.
Flowering: September-December.
Stems: Flowering stems are 30-70cm long and about 1mm diameter, branching from some distance above the base and have a zigzag appearance. They have leaf sheathes and spikelets along their length.
Fruit: Brown capsule.
Leaves: Reduced to open and spreading 5-13mm long sheaths along the stems.
Habitat: Heathland.
Features: Rush forming dense tufts with numerous spreading stems. Different appearance of male and female flowers.
Name:
Guringalia After the Guringai (Kuringai) aboriginal tribe who inhabited much of the area in which the species is commonly found.
dimorphus From Latin = 2-forms
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Type |
Sedge/Rush |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
Stem-clasping |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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