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Carex breviculmis plant base1 DC - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

Image of Asian shortstem sedge

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Description: Native cool-season perennial sedge with short rhizomes, densely tufted shoots and erect, terete to 3-sided stems 3–10 (-20) cm tall. Leaves exceed the stems and are to 35 cm long. Flowerheads are erect, narrow and about 4 cm long; there are 2–5 solitary spikes at nodes. Spikes are sessile, erect at maturity and 1.2–1.8 cm long; the uppermost spike is male and the lower spikes are female. Flowering is from spring to summer. Grows in grassland and open woodland (rather dry sites) especially on tablelands. Date: 3 October 2014, 10:25. Source: Carex breviculmis plant base1 DC. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.

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