Scientific Name: Gahnia rodwayi Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: dwarf sawsedge

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Cyperaceae

Form Description: The smallest saw-sedge; a perennial plant with grass-like, flat, smooth leaves. The stem is always shorter than the leaves.

Flowers: Many clustered flowers in a dense, bristly flower head 4-13cm long.

Fruit: Nut – blackish, shining, 3mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyNorthern Midlands
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt ForestHeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

On the east coast, in open dry sclerophyll woodland in heathy/grassy-sedgy understoreys, and near the coast.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Most of the seed will remain held in the seed head for at least a month. Cut the seed heads with secateurs and allow to dry, then vigorously thresh against a hard surface to extract seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Division of Gahnia species tends to have little success.