Isolepis wakefieldiana
Tufted Club-sedge
Slender tufted perennial sedge, occasionally growing on from flowerhead.
Additional information
- FamilyCyperaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizeto 40 cm high
- Plant groupingGrasses, Rushes & Sedges
- LeavesLeaves to 6 cm long. Leafy bract below flowerhead often longer than flowerhead, to 16 mm long.
- Flower colourStraw-coloured or dark red-brown
- Flowering timeSummer
- FlowersFlowerheads of one or 3-15 stalkless spikelets 3-5 mm long. Lower bracts spirally arranged, rounded tip, 4-7 irregular veins. Nut ridged, shiny, straw-coloured.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsCool moist soils in floodplains and forests.
- Garden usePlant on edges of water areas.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusRare in Victoria with few known populations. Known from a small number of sites within the Shire.
- Related speciesSimilar to Isolepis inundata. The style has 3 branches and the nut is ridged and lighter in colour. The style of I. inundata is 2-branched and the nut is darker.
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