- Pronunciation: BOW-me-ah JUNCE-ee-ah
- Common Name: Bare Twigrush
- Derivation: Baumea: Antoine Baume 1728-1804, professor of Chemistry, Paris juncrea: Rush-like
- Type: Herb, Sedge. Short rhizomes, long stolons, erect, tufted.
- Family: Cyperaceae
- Size: 30-90cm
- Flowers: Spike-like panicles 1-8 cm.
- Fruit: dark brown, black Nut
- Vegetation Type: Tidal Wetland
- Species List: Emu Swamp, SRR NNP, SRR, Fraser Island, Mangrove, Cranks Creek, NNS Frog Hollow, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Regional Ecosystem 12.9-10.22.
Identification Notes
Found in swampy areas near brackish Water. Stems are erect, stiff, greyish. Leaves Reduced to curved scales with mucros, on several sheaths up the Stem. 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 Leaves: Basal and Stem Leaves,4 angled to rounded, laterally compressed.
Landscaping Notes
Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.
