Lepidosperma concavum

Sword-sedge or Hill Sword-sedge

Family:            Cyperaceae

Plant:              A tufted sedge up to 60cm high.

Flowers:         An erect, dense inflorescence 4-10cm long and 2-4cm across, terminal and subtended by a brown, tapering bract that usually is shorter than the inflorescence. There are numerous 5-8mm long spikelets. The flower stems are erect, flat or convex on one face, 20-60cm high, up to 1cm wide and have margins that are sharp and rough to touch.

Flowering:      December-February.

Fruit:               Ovoid pale to dark brown shiny nut 2.5-4mm long.

Leaves:          Basal strap-like, 20-60cm long and 3-6mm wide that usually have a yellow-brown base. The leaves are shorter than the flower stems.

Habitat:           Common in dry sclerophyll forest and also found in heathland.

Features:       Strap-like leaves. Bases of leaves usually yellowish-brown. Numerous spikelets. Flower stems longer than the leaves.

Name:            

Lepidosperma          

                        From Greek = scale-seed (referring to the scales surrounding its nut)

concavum      From Latin = concave (referring to its leaves)

Search Criteria

 

Type

Sedge, Rush          

Flowers

Form

Irregular, Cluster,

 

Colour(s)

Rust

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

1, 2, 12   

Fruit

Type       

Other

 

Colour

Brown

 

Other Features

Hard

Leaves

Arrangement

Basal, Tufted

 

Type       

Simple

 

Shape

Linear, Strap-like

 

Length    

Very long

 

Margins  

Entire      

 

Attachment

Unstalked

 

Other Features

Rough, Tapered-tip

Bark

-

Habitat

Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland