Family: Cyperaceae
Plant: A sedge with graceful branching stems that forms clumps up to 1.5m high. The lower part of the stem is round, but the upper part branches into grooved and flattened flower bearing stems.
Flower: 12-16mm long spikelets in pairs towards ends of branchlets. One spikelet sessile the other stalked.
Flowering: April-May.
Fruit: Straw-coloured ovoid nut with an elongated tip.
Leaves: Reduced to tapering dark brown to black sheaths along the stems.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Leaves reduced to sheaths along stem.
Name:
Caustis From Greek = burnt (referring to the appearance of its leaves).
pentandra From Greek = 5-stamens.
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Type |
Sedge/Rush |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
4, 5 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Yellow, 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 |
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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 |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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