Bolboschoenus medianus
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Wetland Planting Zone |
Shallow Marsh/ Deep Marsh |
Approved Format |
600cc |
Family |
Cyperaceae |
Form |
Bolboschoenus medianus is a perennial sedge up to 2m tall |
Foliage |
Leaves alternate up the stems with a sheath at the base, blades about 50cm long , 6-11mm wide, flat, grass-like |
Flowers |
Flower clusters at the tops of the flowering stems, umbel-like, with 4-6 branches bearing clusters of 1-6 spikelets, subtended by 2-6 leaf-like bracts |
Fruit |
Nut plano-convex or trigonous with concave faces, 3-4mm long, 2-2.5mm diameter, shining, mostly non-obviously reticulate |
Habitat |
Grows in swamps and around waterholes |
Distinctive Features |
Differs from the other species in its unequally trigonous nut and style varying from 2-fid to 3-fid in the one inflorescence |
Similar Species |
Vegetatively, very similar to Bolboschoenus fluviatilis |
Comments |
Fine leaf favoured by water birds for nesting material |
