Schoenus grandiflorus

(Schoenus grandiflorus)

galery

Description

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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Poales
Family:Cyperaceae
Genus:Schoenus
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