- Taxon
- Weed
Habitat: bank, clay, coast, lowland, margin, moist, open, pasture, riparian, roadside, sand, sheltered, silt, slope, stone, wasteland, wetland
Dispersal: Seed, vegetative
Recognition
- a perennial rush up to 90 cm high, loosely or densely tufted, and bronze or red-purple at base.
- its leaves are terete or compressed.
- its inflorescence is variable, up to 24 cm long, branched, open, and with 3-8 flowers.
- its capsules are 2.5-3.5 mm long, reddish-brown.
Images
References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
