Lepidosperma filiforme

Common Rapier-sedge at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, NSW

Lepidosperma filiforme at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, NSW - 27 Apr 2023
Lepidosperma filiforme at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, NSW - 27 Apr 2023
Lepidosperma filiforme at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, NSW - 27 Apr 2023
Lepidosperma filiforme at Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, NSW - 27 Apr 2023
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Identification history

Lepidosperma filiforme 7 Jan 2025 Tapirlord
Lepidosperma filiforme 7 Jan 2025 karenwilsonau
Lepidosperma urophorum 13 Oct 2023 Tapirlord
Lepidosperma urophorum 29 Apr 2023 Tapirlord
Lepidosperma laterale 29 Apr 2023 natureguy
Unidentified 29 Apr 2023 MatthewFrawley

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Chiltern Trail, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

3 comments

Grassman wrote:
   12 Oct 2023
Don't think there's enough detail to distinguish whether urophorum or laterale, but its one of them; tend towards the former due to spreading of branches and spikelets appressing to branches
Tapirlord wrote:
   13 Oct 2023
Culms are the wrong shape for L.laterale.
karenwilsonau wrote:
   7 Jan 2025
It is Lepidosperma filiforme but that is not listed in 'Local species'

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  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • True In flower

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