Aquatic Plants
Baumea rubiginosa
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Wetland Planting Zone |
Ephemeral Batter |
Approved Format |
>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock) |
Family |
Cyperaceae |
Form |
Rhizomatous, robust perennial sedge, typically grows to 250cm tall |
Foliage |
Compressed ribbon-like green leaves with rigid, terete and biconvex culms that are smooth and glabrous. Tips of the leaves are often orange-brown. |
Flowers |
The narrow and erect inflorescence has an interrupted-oblong shape in outline forming dense clusters that are around 7 to 20cm long and with a diameter of 1 to 2.5 cm. |
Fruit |
Pale red to bright orange ellipsoid nut that is 2.2-4mm long and 1.2-2mm diameter |
Habitat |
Moist to wet sandy soils in heathlands and swamps. Full sun, semi-shade. |
Distinctive Features |
Lowest involucral bract much shorter than inflorescence |
Similar Species |
Distinguished from Baumea articulata by the flat, ribbon-like leaves |
Comments |
Tolerant of frosts, indundation, low nutrient soils, poor water quality |
