CYPERACEAE

Spreading Swordsedge

 

1.75m 

In reddish-brown flowerheads. 

Nut 

Loosely tufted perennial plant growing from a spreading rhizome. 

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

 

Damp situations: swamps, river edges, wet scrubs and wet heaths, from sea level to 400m altitude. 

 

 

 

Very difficult to grow from seed- seed is slow to germinate and may have low viability. Seed is reputed to germinate very slowly if sown in dark and moist conditions. A combined heat-smoke treatment may be worth trying, possibly with older seed. Can be propagated by division over the winter months, but plants are slow to re-establish. Resistant to Phythophthora cinnamomi. Suitable below powerlines. 

Nuts small, shiny, wrinkled and pale greenish-brown, and contained in dry seedheads. Some species retain seed on the plant for several years. Cut the whole seedhead with secateurs and allow to dry, beat against a hard surface to extract, being careful of sharp foliage. 

Smoke 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes