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Dense tufts to 1 m high, upper part of leaves and stems drooping. Female spikes c. 5, distant, usually pendulous on long filiform peduncles, ± 4 cm × 3–4 mm. Glumes very light brown. Utricles almost black when mature. Stigmas 3.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]