Family: Restionaceae
Plant: A much branched rush up to 1m high with male and female flowers on different plants.
Flowers: Spikelets 4-7mm long, dark red-brown and subtended by leafy bracts are borne on erect branches at top of stems. Both the male and female spikelets are narrow.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: Brown capsule.
Leaves: Reduced to closely appressed 1-2mm long dark red-brown sheaths regularly spaced along the stems.
Habitat: In wet areas in heathland.
Features: A much-branched rush. Brilliant green stems. Bright reddish-brown bracts.
Name:
Saropsis From Greek = resembling a broom (referring to its shape).
fastigiatus From Latin fastigium = clustered or bundled and atus = like (referring the form of the plant).
Type |
Sedge/Rush |
|
Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
|
Colour(s) |
Rust |
|
Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
|
Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
|
Colour |
Brown |
|
Other Features |
- |
Leaves |
Arrangement |
Absent/Reduced |
|
Type |
- |
|
Shape |
- |
|
Length |
Tiny |
|
Margins |
- |
|
Attachment |
- |
|
Other Features |
- |
Bark |
- |
|
Habitat |
Heathland |