- Pronunciation: GAR-nee-ah ass-PURR-ah
- Common Name: Cut Sedge, Saw Sedge
- Derivation: Gahnia: Dr. Henry Gahn, Swedish botanist, friend of Linnaeus aspera: L. asper - rough, uneven
- Type: Sedge. Woody rhizomes, stolons absent.
- Family: Cyperaceae
- Size: to 80 cm
- Flowers: Spikes to 25 cm, not rising above Leaves
- Fruit: Nut - orange, red, red-brown seeds
- Vegetation Type: Wet Eucalypt Forest,
- Species List: Bush food, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, SRR NNP, Noosa High School, NNP service road, SRR, Cooroibah26.4.09, Wooroi Palm Grove, Old Tewantin, Fraser Island, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Stratford Park, Girraween, Noosa Banks, Dandaloo, Heritage Park
Cultural Notes
TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:
* The seeds are pounded to produce flour.
* The Leaf bases are edible.
Identification Notes
Small Stem solid 7-10 fascicles Fascicle: Cluster of flowers, Leaves, etc. arising from about the same point.
Leaves tough, flat with razor sharp edges.
Identifying features - Gahnia sp Culms: solid or hollow, noded.
Inflorescence: Panicle with several clusters of partial panicles at each Node.
Involucral Bracts: Leafy, enclosing each Flower Cluster.
Leaves: Long, Linear, inrolled.
Landscaping Notes
Difficult to propogate
Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.
Associated Fauna
Butterfly host Plant: Hesperilla donnysaicaria, Spotted skipper, Malindeva skipper, Northern ringlet, Ornata skipper.
