Scientific Name: Baumea juncea

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  • Pronunciation:
    BOW-me-ah JUNCE-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Bare Twigrush
  • Derivation:
    Baumea: Antoine Baume 1728-1804, professor of Chemistry, Paris|juncea: rush-like
  • Type:
    Herb Sedge. Short rhizomes long stolons erect , tufted.
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Flowers:
    spike-like panicles 1-8 cm.
  • Fruit:
    dark brown, black nut
  • Vegetation Type:
    Tidal Wetland
  • Species List:
    Emu Swamp, SRR NNP, SRR, Fraser Island, Mangrove, Cranks Creek, NNS Frog Hollow, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.22.
Identification Notes

Found in swampy areas near brackish water. Stems are erect, stiff, greyish. Leaves reduced to curved scales with mucros, on several sheaths up the stem.|| **Identifying features - Baumea sp** Culms: Rounded, biconvex or flattened Inflorescence: Panicle of clustered spikelets, 1-3 bisexual flowers,usually only the lowest bearing a nut. Involucral bracts: Culm-like Leaves: Basal and stem leaves,4 angled to rounded, laterally compressed.||

Landscaping Notes

Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||