Lepidosperma urophorum N. A. Wakef.

Murrengenburg, New South Wales, Australia

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves, south of Lucas Rocks.Species of Lepidosperma are very common sedges on soils of low fertility in south-eastern Australia. Some have strongly flattened leaves and scapes, others like this have cylindrical ones. Here at Jenolan it occurred on the siliceous metamorphics, not on the limestone.

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves south of Lucas Rocks.See notes under other shot of this.This shot shows spikelets in flower, sheathed by blackish bracts.

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves south of Lucas Rocks.See notes under other shot of this.This shot shows the way the culms are closely crowded on the rhizomes and the reddish apices of the basal sheathing leaves, darker and almost black lower down.

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves south of Lucas Rocks.See notes under other shot of this.This shot shows the almost black and dull basal sheathing leaves, a feature that distinguishes this species from the very similar L. filiforme.

Jenolan Caves, New South Wales -- on rocky ridge above caves south of Lucas Rocks.See notes under other shot of this.This shot shows spikelets in flower, sheathed by blackish or dark brown bracts.

Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia