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Machaerina acuta
Also called Pale Twig Rush
Baumea acuta, commonly known as pale twig-rush, is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to southern parts of Australia.
It is found along the southern half of the east and west coast of mainland Australia and in coastal areas of Tasmania. On the east coast it extends from coastal areas in southern Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria extending in the far east on the coast of South Australia. It often occurs in dense thickets in winter wet depressions and around swamps along coastal areas in the Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance of Western Australia where it grows in damp sandy soils.
Common Twig Rush · Twigrush · Baumea arthrophylla · Baumea articulata · Machaerina insularis · Machaerina johnsonii · Tussock Swamp Twig Rush · Baumea laxa · Machaerina planifolia · Baumea preissii · Common Twig Rush · Baumea vaginalis
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baumea acuta 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.
