Knob Sedge -native (Carex inversa)

Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family).

S.E. Australia, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.

Occurrence: Grassland species.

Identification:

• it grows to more or less erect stalks to 50cm high, but usually less
• it is leafy, with leaves shorter than the flowering stalks
• the flower clusters contain from 2 to 6 spikelets, each spikelet with female and male florets, with the female above the male
• a green leafy bract arises from the base of the flower clusters, the bract is far longer than the flowers