Class
Order
Family
Genus
Culms 1.5–6 cm. long, < 0.5 mm. diam. Lvs = or > culms. Spikelets 3–5 mm. long, us. 1-fld, or rarely a second male fl. is produced. Glumes with a broad cream centre. Surface cells of nut smaller than in .
[From: Moore and Edgar (1970) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 2. as Schoenus apogon var. caespitans (Petrie) Edgar]