Schoenoplectiella mucronata
A Sedge at Dickson, ACT
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| Schoenoplectiella mucronata | JaneR | 19 Apr 2024 | |
| Schoenoplectus pungens | isobellcrawford | 19 Apr 2024 |
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In fruit
3 comments
19 Apr 2024
Just wondering if the location is correct for this sighting, or whether it is as for the third photo ?
21 Apr 2024
Jane, many thanks for correct id. Please delete these close-up photos as they are confusing. It is my collection 10500, and my notes follow:
Culm to 1.5 m x 5 mm, triquetrous. Involucral bract to 40 mm. Spikelets c. 7, 29 mm x 4 mm. Glumes to 3.5 mm, pale with darker veining towards non-retuse mucro [i.e. not pungens], margins not entire. Hypygynous bristles 6, to 2.0 mm, retrorsely barbed. Stamens 3: anthers 0.9 mm long, filament 1.2 mm. Style trifid, nut unequally trigonous, black-brown and shiny.
Culm to 1.5 m x 5 mm, triquetrous. Involucral bract to 40 mm. Spikelets c. 7, 29 mm x 4 mm. Glumes to 3.5 mm, pale with darker veining towards non-retuse mucro [i.e. not pungens], margins not entire. Hypygynous bristles 6, to 2.0 mm, retrorsely barbed. Stamens 3: anthers 0.9 mm long, filament 1.2 mm. Style trifid, nut unequally trigonous, black-brown and shiny.
21 Apr 2024
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.150008-35.251197
- Altitude 588.3m
- Places Dickson, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 19 Apr 2024 03:11 PM Recorded on
- isobellcrawford Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- No In flower
Collections
- isobellcrawford Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rushes, Sedges & Mat Rushes Plants Schoenoplectiella mucronata
Species information
- Schoenoplectiella mucronata Scientific name
- A Sedge Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 664.94m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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