Family Index

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Scientific Name

Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus

Family Name

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Buttongrass

Status

Height

110cm

Flowers

Dense, spherical flowerhead on the end of the flowering stems. Flowers are yellow-brown.

Fruit

Nut

Form

Densely tufted perennial sedge forming large tussocks. Stems are round in cross-section.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Coast; Central Highlands; Circular Head; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

Sedgelands, heaths and on low nutrient soils, such as peat on quartzite gravel, with high rainfall. Sea level to 900m.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Usually grown by division, although plants recover slowly. Fire tolerant. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Flower stalks are used by modern basket weavers. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Nuts are shiny pale red-brown, slightly wrinkled, and 2.5 mm long.

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes