Isolepis aucklandica
New Zealand Club-sedge
Clump-forming perennial sedge spreading from short thread-like underground stems. Stems thread-like.
Additional information
- FamilyCyperaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizeto 12 cm high
- Plant groupingGrasses, Rushes & Sedges
- LeavesLeaves basal, shorter than stems. Leafy bract much longer than spikelet, falling off early.
- Flower colourPale brown, tinged dark red-brown
- Flowering timeSummer
- FlowersSingle spikelet 1-2.5 mm long, partly enclosed by bract. Lower bracts spirally arranged, pointed, veined. Nut triangular.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatYes
- Growing conditionsBoggy soil in drier forest. Also occurs in subalpine areas just outside the Shire. Semi shade.
- Garden useSmall sedge for a bog garden.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites. More common outside the Shire boundary.
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Photographer/s: 1 C. Totterdell © Australian National Botanic Gardens; 2, 3 Nick Fitzgerald, © University of Tasmania
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