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Common Twig Rush

Machaerina rubiginosa

Also called Tussock Swamp Twig Rush

Common Twig Rush
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Jkelly assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Cyperaceae (Cyper family)
Grows as
Grass
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
Trop. Asia to C. & S. Japan and New Zealand
Climate
subtropical

About

Machaerina rubiginosa, commonly known as soft twig rush, flat leaf twig rush or common twig rush, is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Asia and the Pacific.

Where it grows

It found in swamps and on the margins of lakes and streams along coastal areas in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in damp silty-sandy soils. It is also found in Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

Other Machaerina plants

Common Twig Rush · Twigrush · Baumea acuta · Baumea arthrophylla · Baumea articulata · Machaerina insularis · Machaerina johnsonii · Tussock Swamp Twig Rush · Baumea laxa · Machaerina planifolia · Baumea preissii · Baumea vaginalis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Machaerina rubiginosa 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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