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Red Fruit Saw Sedge

Gahnia sieberiana

Red Fruit Saw Sedge
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Sulawesi to E. & SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Gahnia sieberiana, commonly known as the red-fruit saw-sedge, is a tussock-forming perennial plant in the family Cyperaceae, endemic to Australia. It is a widespread plant that favours damp sunny sites. Many insect larvae have been recorded feeding on the red-fruit saw-sedge. It may grow over 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall.

Gahnia sieberiana was described by German botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1837. It is one of the many species named in honour of the Bohemian collector, Franz Wilhelm Sieber.

Other Gahnia plants

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 sieberiana 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.

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