Scientific Name

Fimbristylis ferruginea

Fimbristylis polytrichoides

Family

Cyperaceae

Description

These perennial sedges differ in height, Fimbristylis ferruginea being the taller species of the two.

F polytrichoides is small and densely tufted (5-30 cm tall). Flowers appear on a single spikelet, sometimes on one or two lateral spikelets.

F ferruginea is tufted (20-65 cm tall) with very short rhizomes. It has a brown membranous sheath around its stems. The spikelets are solitary, brown, and with many flowers that usually number i-io (sometimes up to 25, but this number is very rare).

Rusty sedge has distinctive rusty brown flowers.

Rusty sedge flowers from May to July.

Distribution

The plant is found along the entire Queensland coast.

Flowering Period

Distribution

Features