| Common Name: | Common Rapier-sedge |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Cyperaceae |
| Size: | stems 0.3-1m high |
| Description: | Slender tufted perennial sedge, spreading by very short underground stems. Flowering stems rigid, erect, rounded to 2mm diam. |
| Leaves: | Leaves shorter than flowering stems, rounded to 1mm diam, channelled near base, sometimes reduced to dull, straw-coloured to reddish leaf sheaths. |
| Flowering: | Narrow to fan-shaped, erect or spreading flower spike 1-12cm long; central stem zigzagging; leaf-like bract at base of flower shorter than flowerhead. Small spikelets. Nut smooth, shiny, grey-green to red-brown. |
| Flower Colour: | Light brown to red-brown |
| Flowering Time: | Spring to Summer |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist soils in heathy woodlands and open forests. Semi shade. |
| Garden Use: | An interesting slender sedge for moist areas and beside pools and water areas. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 15, 19, 21, 22, 26, 30, 29, 36, 38 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Indigenous nursery |
| Bird Attracting: | Seeds |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | Marilyn Gray © |