Scientific Name: Gymnoschoenus sphaerocephalus

Common Name: buttongrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Cyperaceae

Form Description: Densely tufted perennial sedge forming large tussocks. Stems are round in cross-section.

Flowers: Dense, spherical flower head on the end of the flowering stems. Flowers are yellow-brown.

Fruit: Nut – shiny, pale red-brown, slightly wrinkled, 2.5 mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
HeathSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Sedgelands, heaths and on low nutrient soils, such as peat on quartzite gravel, with high rainfall. Sea level to 900m.

General Notes

Fire tolerant. Frog habitat. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi. Flower stalks are used by contemporary basket weavers.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Division

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Usually grown by division, although plants recover slowly.