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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