Scientific Name: Gahnia sieberiana

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  • Pronunciation:
    gar-NEE-ah see-ber-ee-AH-nah
  • Common Name:
    Red-fruited Saw Sedge
  • Type:
    Sedge
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Spikes above foliage to 90 cm.
  • Fruit:
    Nut -reddish
  • Vegetation Type:
    Coastal heath - moist areas
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Arthur Harrold NR,Emu Swamp, Bush food, Emu Mt., Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Mooloolaba TAFE, SRR NNP, SRR, Cooroibah26.4.09, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Boreen Point, Leslie Drive Roundabout Noosa North Shore PS TAFE Girraween BHNR Noosa Banks Marcus Dunes Noosa River NP NNS Fern Track, Stratford Park, NNS,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Bush food. Leaf bases chewed, leaf buds eaten by aborigines. Nuts pounded to produce flour.

Looped leaves used for gathering honey from tree hollows.

Identification Notes

Underside of leaf is slightly whitish compared to upper surface

Associated Fauna

Bird attracting; known food plant of Ground Parrots. ||Butterfly larval food plant: Varied Sword-grass Brown, (Sword-grass Brown) Tisiphone abeona rawnsleyi, which is a local subspecies, pictured. Also larval food plant for Spotted skipper, Hesperilla donnysa icaria, Large dingy skipper. Flame skipper, Northern ringlet.

Landscaping Notes

Ornamental clumping sedge for a larger garden. Sharp edges - plant away from thoroughfares. Available from nurseries specializing in local plants.