Scientific Name: Lepidosperma laterale

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  • Pronunciation:
    lep-ee-doh-SPERM-ah lat-er-AH-lee
  • Common Name:
    Variable Sword Sedge
  • Derivation:
    Lepidosperma: scaly seeds laterale: L. latus -side
  • Type:
    Herb , Sedge
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Flowers:
    usuallly two-flowered, upper spikelets bisexual
  • Fruit:
    Nut
  • Vegetation Type:
    Open eucalypt forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, W1, Emu Mt., Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, St. Teresa's, SRR NNP, NNP service road, SRR, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Old Tewantin, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Fraser Island, Stratford Park, Cranks Creek, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Noosa North Shore PS TAFE NNP Tanglewood Dandaloo, Marcus Dunes,, NNS, Cooroibah Airstrip,
Identification Notes

Flattened leaflike stem with inflorescence at end. Stems flat or very slightly convex on one or both sides, usually less than 0.9 metre.