Common Name: Black Grass Saw-sedge
Botanical Name: Gahnia lanigera
Family: CYPERACEAE
Description:
Low, clumping, blackish-green sedge, 10-30 cm high. Erect, narrow, stiff, sharp. Flower spikelet is rough and very dark in colour, 4-12 cm long, held on top of erect stems. Throughout the year.
Low, clumping, blackish-green sedge, 10-30 cm high. Erect, narrow, stiff, sharp. Flower spikelet is rough and very dark in colour, 4-12 cm long, held on top of erect stems. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Common to shallow limestone soils of coastal, woodland, mallee and grassland areas in all agricultural districts of SA. In WA, NSW and Vic.
Common to shallow limestone soils of coastal, woodland, mallee and grassland areas in all agricultural districts of SA. In WA, NSW and Vic.
Notes:
Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.
Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.
