Eleocharis acuta
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Wetland Planting Zone |
Shallow Marsh |
Approved Format |
600cc |
Family |
Cyperaceae |
Form |
E. acuta is a spreading perennial semi-aquatic sedge, with flowering stems to 60cm tall |
Foliage |
Foliage on the Spike-Sedge is reduced to a small tip on a sheath around the flowering stems |
Flowers |
Flowers are small brown and bract-like, grouped in 3cm cylindrical clusters at the end of the flowering stems, flowering from Spring-Summer |
Fruit |
The fruit is a shining, yellow to dark brown nut, 1-1.7mm with bristles at base |
Habitat |
This is an extremely widespread species that likes wet habitats across Australia |
Distinctive Features |
Eleocharis acuta has a small tip at the end of the foliage tube |
Similar Species |
Eleocharis plana has flattened flowering stems, and is restricted to Tallangatta in NE Victoria |
Comments |
Useful wetland revegetation species that is easy to propagate |