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Gahnia clarkei
Tall saw sedge is a clumping, evergreen sedge-like perennial from the Cyperaceae family, reaching 1.5 to 2 m high and wide, native to New Guinea and eastern and south-eastern Australia. It tolerates a range of conditions and is grown in gardens for its tall, architectural form.
Gahnia clarkei (also known as tall sawsedge) is a species of evergreen plant from a sedge family that can be found in Australia. The plant is 1.5–2 metres (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) high, with the same width. They grow during summer and have large black to brownish flowers. The flowers contain heads that produce small red seeds.
Gahnia ancistrophylla · Gahnia aristata · Round sawsedge · Gahnia australis · Gahnia baniensis · Forest sawsedge · Gahnia decomposita · Heathy Saw Sedge · Gahnia drummondii · Gahnia erythrocarpa · Gahnia filifolia · Chaffy Saw Sedge
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gahnia clarkei 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.
