| Common Name: | Leafy Flat-sedge |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Size: | 0.6-1.5m high |
| Description: | Densely tufted perennial herb spreading from short thick underground stems. Flowering stems rigid, triangular. 5-10 bracts at base of flowerhead, 5-15cm long. |
| Leaves: | Shiny dark green flat or channelled leaves, strongly partitioned within, as long or longer than stems, 5-40mm wide. |
| Flowering: | Branched flowerhead with 6-10 primary branches to 20cm long, divided into dense, oval to cylindric spikes 1-3cm long. Many rounded or flattened 4-10-flowered spikelets; stem within spikelet broadly winged. |
| Flower Colour: | Brown to coppery |
| Flowering Time: | October to February |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist swampy soils and edges of streams which may dry out in summer. Full sun, semi shade to full shade. |
| Garden Use: | A spreading sedge for low moist sites in gardens and beside water areas. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 11, 12, 22, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Indigenous nursery |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | Food plant for caterpillars |
| Frog Habitat: | Yes |
| Photographer: | 1, 4 Marilyn Gray ©; 2, 3 Healesville Sanctuary © |