Uses: Ornamental perennial sedge for verges, nature strips, roundabouts reserves and parks. Planted en-mass provides sand and soil stabilization and valuable habitat and food sources for native birds, butterflies, small mammals and reptiles. Requires free-draining soils.
Cultural use: The leaves and stems were used as fibre by indigenous peoples to plait and make baskets.

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

  
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:NL: Northern Lofty
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.