Globe Kyllinga - a native (Cyperus sphaeroideus)

Family: Cyperaceae (Sedge family).

Native of eastern Australia.

Occurrence: Damp forest flats.

Identification:

• the leaves are shorter than the flowering stalks
• the flowers are in a single spherical cluster
• several slender green floral bracts are longer than the flower clusters
• the flower stalks are smooth, triangular in cross section, and about 50cm high.

This plant was formerly classified as a Kyllinga, hence the common name.