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Cyperus gymnocaulos
Spiny Flat Sedge
Notes

Uses: As a ornamental sedge for ponds, wetlands and watercourses. Bank stabilizer, can only be grown in wet soils or shallow water.
Food source and habitat for native birds and frogs.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:NW: North Western  
:LE: Lake Eyre   
:NU: Nullarbor   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.

  • Height 1-1.5m
  • Spread 1-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Cyperaceae
  • Botanical Name Cyperus gymnocaulos
  • Common Name Spiny Flat Sedge
  • Origin SA
  • Habit Clumping, Dense
  • Landscape Coast, Coastal footslopes, 2nd line coast, Plains, Footslopes, Hills
  • Soil Texture Loam, Clay
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Moderate frost, Water logging
  • Supplementary Watering None
  • Flower Colour Brown
  • Flowering Time Autumn, Spring
  • Flower Type Spikes
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental, Erosion
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Grass Sedge or Flax
  • Indigenous to the Adelaide Region