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Lepidosperma gladiatum

Scientific name

Lepidosperma gladiatum

Common name

Coast sword sedge (kerbein)

Plant description

A common, robust perennial sedge with 25 mm wide leaves to 1.5 m long. Creeping underground rhizomes provided a good source of starch for Aboriginal people. The flowers are closely clustered and have yellow bracts.

See more on Florabase.

Flower colour

Brown

Flowering months

November to May

Lepidosperma gladiatum

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