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 epithetlanigera means 'woolly'.
The plant is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial sedge growing up to 45 cm high and 2 m wide, with stiff, narrow, sharp-pointed leaves. The flowers are brown.[1][2] It is a favoured food plant of Antipodia atralba, the black and white skipper butterfly.[3]
^ ab"Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. Desert Saw-sedge". VicFlora. Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria. 12 Jan 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ abGrazyna Paczkowska (18 November 1993). "Gahnia lanigera (R.Br.) Benth. Little Sedge". FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^"black grass saw-sedge". Butterfly Conservation SA Inc. 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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gahnia, lanigera, also, known, black, grass, sedge, desert, sedge, little, sedge, species, flowering, plant, sedge, family, that, found, southern, australia, specific, epithet, lanigera, means, woolly, scientific, classificationkingdom, plantaeclade, tracheoph. 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 Gahnia lanigeraScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade MonocotsClade CommelinidsOrder PoalesFamily CyperaceaeGenus GahniaSpecies G lanigeraBinomial nameGahnia lanigera R Br Benth 1878SynonymsCladium lanigerum R Br 1810Description editThe plant is a rhizomatous tufted perennial sedge growing up to 45 cm high and 2 m wide with stiff narrow sharp pointed leaves The flowers are brown 1 2 It is a favoured food plant of Antipodia atralba the black and white skipper butterfly 3 Distribution and habitat editThe 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 1 2 References edit a b Gahnia lanigera R Br Benth Desert Saw sedge VicFlora Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation Victoria 12 Jan 2021 Retrieved 31 March 2021 a b Grazyna Paczkowska 18 November 1993 Gahnia lanigera R Br Benth Little Sedge FloraBase Western Australian Herbarium Retrieved 31 March 2021 black grass saw sedge Butterfly Conservation SA Inc 2021 Retrieved 31 March 2021 nbsp This Cyperaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gahnia lanigera amp oldid 1153536874, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
