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Scientific Name

Chorizandra australis

Family Name

CYPERACEAE

Common Name

Southern Bristle-sedge

Status

Height

60-160cm

Flowers

In spherical flowerheads, dark purplish-black, dense and bristly.

Fruit

Nut

Form

A stout perennial plant with bright green, erect, hollow stems. Resembles Juncus.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Central Highlands; Derwent Valley; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Huon Valley; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Habitat Notes

In still or slowly running fresh water, from sea level to 850m altitude.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagated from seed or division. Grows well on clay, and very drought tolerant once established. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Seed Collecting Months

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Sowing Months

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Cutting Months

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Seed Information

Seed Collection

Nut 3-4mm long, red-brown or grey-brown. Seed releases easily from plant when mature, rub to extract. Seed is reported to have short viability.

Seed Treatment Method

Bog 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