Plant Details

Scientific Name: Baumea gunnii
  • Common Name: Slender Twigrush
  • Type: Herb, Sedge. Short rhizomes, long stolons, erect, tufted.
  • Family: Cyperaceae
  • Size: 25-100cm
  • Vegetation Type: Damp areas, often in Melaleuca swamps.
  • Species List: SRR,

Identification Notes

Stems bright green, round, slender, rigid, 1-2mm thick. Leaves are similar to stems, but with a pointed tip. Identifying features - Baumea sp Culms: Rounded, biconvex or flattened Inflorescence: Panicle of clustered spikelets, 1-3 bisexual flowers,usually only the lowest bearing a Nut. Involucral Bracts: Culm-like LeavesBasal and Stem Leaves,4 angled to rounded, laterally compressed.

  • Baumea gunnii
  • Baumea gunnii
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