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Gahnia lanigera
Also called Desert Sawsedge
Gahnia lanigera, also known as the black grass saw-sedge, desert saw-sedge or little saw-sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family that is found in southern Australia. The specific epithet lanigera means 'woolly'.
The species occurs in arid parts of southern Western Australia, South Australia, north-western Victoria and western New South Wales where it is found on sandy soils in mallee woodland and heathland, as well as on clayey or granitic loams and coastal dunes.
Gahnia ancistrophylla · Gahnia aristata · Round sawsedge · Gahnia australis · Gahnia baniensis · Forest sawsedge · Tall Saw Sedge · Gahnia decomposita · Heathy Saw Sedge · Gahnia drummondii · Gahnia erythrocarpa · Gahnia filifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gahnia lanigera by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
