Scientific Name: Machaerina rubiginosa

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  • Pronunciation:
    mak-uh-REE-nuh ru-bidge-ee-NO-sah
  • Common Name:
    Common Twigrush
  • Derivation:
    was Baumea rubignosa
  • Type:
    Rush
  • Family:
    CYPERACEAE
  • Status:
    Common
  • Flowers:
    White
  • Flowers Color:
    White
  • Fruit Color:
    Brown
  • Vegetation Type:
    Freshwater Wetlands, wet heath
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Emu Mt., Cooroibah airstrip, Peregian Boardwalk, SRR NNP, SRR, TAFE Girraween Marcus Dunes NNS Frog Hollow BHNR Arthur Harrold NR, Lake Cooroibah, NNS, Fraser Island,
Cultural Notes

Used for basket-making

Identification Notes

Common, flowers prominent **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.

Associated Fauna

Ground Parrot habit.

Landscaping Notes

Clumping sedge. Likes wet conditions.||Feature foliage|