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Isolepis inundata

Common Name: Swamp Club-sedge
Synonym:
Family: Cyperaceae
Size: 5-50cm x 10-40cm
Description: Erect or arching open tufted perennial sedge, spreading from underground stems and occasionally offshoots extending from the flowerhead.
Leaves: Leaves reduced to a point or blade to 15mm long. Leafy bract below flowerhead equal to or larger than flowerhead, to 1.5cm long.
Flowering: Flowerheads of 3-20 angled spikelets 2-6mm long. Lower bracts spirally arranged, rounded to pointed tip, 2-5 veins. Style 2-branched. Nut shiny pale yellow to light red-brown.
Flower Colour: Straw coloured with dark red-brown patches on sides
Flowering Time: October to April
Growing Conditions: Moist to wet soils in riparian forests and woodlands and on floodplains. Full sun, semi shade.
Garden Use: A dainty small tuft for moist areas and beside pools.
Related Species:
Plant Communities: 8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 22, 34, 35, 39, 41
Conservation Status: Widespread within the Shire
Aboriginal Use:
Commercially available: Indigenous nursery
Bird Attracting: No
Butterfly Attracting: No
Frog Habitat: Yes
Photographer: 1, 3, 4 Marilyn Gray ©; 2 Peter Kinchington ©
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Last Updated: 30/06/2010
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Tel: 1300 368 333 Fax: 9735 4249
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