Family: Cyperaceae
Plant: A tall leafy tufted sedge to 2m high.
Flowers: Brown to black spikelets, 6-8mm long, in an erect, branched inflorescence, 30-100cm long on stout stems (culms), 1-2m high.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: Shiny, red to orange 3-4 angled nut 2-4mm long.
Leaves: In basal tufts, strap like 1-2m long (as long as the flowering stem) and 1-2cm wide with sharp, recurved margins. The sheaths are dull brown to black. The branches are subtended by leafy bracts.
Habitat: In damp and marshy areas in heathland.
Features: Leaves blue-green on underside. Red to orange nut with 3-4 angles. Leaves 8-20mm wide as long as flowering stems. Leaves blue-green on one side.
Name:
Gahnia After the Swedish botanist Dr. Henry Gahn
sieberiana After the Czech botanist Franz Wilhelm Sieber
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Sedge/Rush |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Rust, Black |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
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 |
Discolorous, |
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Rough |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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