Chaffy Saw-sedge
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| Scientific Name: | Gahnia filum |  Chaffy Saw-sedge - plant Photo: A J Brown |
Status: | Native to Australia (Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and New South Wales). | |
Plant Description: | Tussock forming perennial, 60-110 cm tall. Leaf blades, long, flat to inrolled and smooth to slightly rough. Flowerheads very narrow and erect, 20-35 cm long with very dense clusters of flowers. Nut, narrow-ovoid and three-sided, 5-6 mm long. | |
Habitat: | Grows in coastal saltmarshes and around saline swamps and salt lakes in Western Victoria. | |
Comments: | Often forms extensive thickets. |
 Chaffy Saw-sedge - flower Photo: A J Brown |  Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants Photo: A J Brown |  Chaffy Saw-sedge - plants on lake edge Photo: A J Brown |
 Chaffy Saw-sedge - flowering Photo: A J Brown |  | |
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This document was last reviewed on 05/08/2009