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Baumea articulata habit1 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

Image of Machaerina articulata (R. Br.) T. Koyama

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Description: Native, warm season, perennial sedge 90-200 cm tall and with stout rhizomes. Stems are terete, transversely septate (not obvious when fresh), nodeless and 4–10 mm diam. Leaves are basal; blades are stem-like, equalling or exceeding the stems and to 10 mm diam. Flowerheads are panicle-like oblong in outline, loose, drooping and 15–45 cm long. Spikelets are numerous, 2–5-flowered, 3.5–5 mm long and red-brown. Flowering is in spring and summer. Grows in standing water of lagoons, deeper swamps, and streams; it is mostly coastal. Date: 11 September 2008, 08:56. Source: Baumea articulata habit1. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia. Camera location30° 53′ 16.27″ S, 153° 04′ 04.66″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth-30.887853; 153.067960.

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