Isolepis producta
Nutty Club-sedge
Floating perennial herb, flowering stems leafy, submerged and lengthening or horizontal and creeping, rooting at nodes.
Additional information
- FamilyCyperaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizefloating
- Plant groupingAquatic & Semi aquatic
- LeavesSmall leaves, leaf sheaths purplish. Leafy bract at base of spikelet shorter than or equal to spikelet.
- Flower colourDark red-brown or straw coloured tinged blackish
- Flowering timeSpring to summer
- FlowersSingle, flattened, elliptic spikelet 3-5 mm long at end of stems, with 5-10 flowers. Lower bracts with many veins, spirally arranged.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatYes
- Growing conditionsAquatic in water to 500 mm deep. Full sun.
- Garden useSmall plant for ponds and dams.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known only from the Yarra Flats. Scattered but not common within Victoria.
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Photographer/s: A. Barley, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©
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