(Schoenus grandiflorus)
Robust, tufted, rhizomatous, perennial sedge to 1.2 m high. Stems stout, leafy and distinctly 3-angled and up to 5 mm wide. Leaves flat or folded, 150�400 m long, 5�15 mm wide, with stout brown hairs and finely tooted leaf margins. Flowers inconspicuous, contained in numerous brownish spikelets arranged on the upper part of the stem.