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Chordifex abortivus, known as Manypeaks rush, is a rare Western Australian rush-like perennial with hollow jointed stems, found in only three small populations near Albany. It is a wild species of heath and scrub rather than a common garden plant, so care guidance is limited and mostly general.
Chordifex abortivus, commonly known as Manypeaks rush, is a species of rush in the genus Chordifex.
It is an erect, slightly spreading perennial herb typically growing to a height of 60 centimetres (24 in). The culms are hollow jointed with a diameter of 1.5 to 2.5 millimetres (0.06 to 0.10 in) and olive green in color. The culm sheaths are flared with no lamina present, they have numerous branches, with each branch divided again into branchlets and terminating in spikelets. The rhizomes are horizontal to the surface or buried to 1 centimetre (0.4 in) deep, they are pale brown in color tufts of ginger hairs. It has separate male and female plants.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chordifex abortivus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
