Coast Sword-sedge
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| Coast Sword-sedge photos | Family: Sedge (Cyperaceae) |
| Scientific Name: | Lepidosperma gladiatum |  Coast Sword-sedge plant Photo: A J Brown |
Status: | Native to Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. | |
Plant Description: | Perennial clump-forming sedge to 1 m tall with a thick vertical rhizome. Stems are erect and rigid with a central biconvex ridge and flat margins., 5-20 mm wide. Leaf-blades are similar to stems but less ridged. Leaf-sheaths (at the base of the stems) are straw coloured to dark yellow-brown or grey-brown. Flower-head ovate or oblong, erect and dense from 4-18 cm long and 3-7 cm diameter. Spikelets are numerous and clustered, 6-8 mm long. Fruit is a pale to dark brown, narrowly-ovoid nut with a smooth or wrinkled, shining surface, 3-4 mm long. | |
Habitat: | Occurs along the coastline in secondary sand dunes and occasionally on sandstone and limestone headlands. |
 Coast Sword-sedge leaf Photo: A J Brown |  Leaf apices of Coast Sword-sedge Photo: A J Brown |
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