Aquatic Plants

Baumea articulata
​              Jointed Club-Rush

Wetland Planting Zone	Shallow Marsh/Deep Marsh
Approved Format	600cc
Family	Cyperaceae
Form	Baumea articulata has tall erect perennial tussock with stout rhizome
Foliage	Stout hollow leaves are basal, similar to the flowering stem and as long or longer, to 10mm wide. Leaf sheath is straw-coloured
Flowers	Loose drooping flowerhead 15-45cm x 10cm wide of many 2-5-flowered spikelets. Lowest floral bract shorter than flowerhead. Red-brown flower colour
Fruit	Nut wrinkled, egg-shaped, pale to dark red-brown
Habitat	Wet soils in swamps or in lagoons or slow-moving watercourses
Distinctive Features	Stiff, erect, nodeless flowering stems are ridged, round in cross section 4-10mm wide with partitions across the stem
Similar Species	Superficially similar to Eleocharis sphacelata and Schoenoplectus tabermaemontani, distinctive internal bands in the leaves
Comments	Excellent for stabilising wet slopes and providing habitat for small birds and frogs