Scientific Name: Isolepis platycarpa

Common Name: flatfruit clubsedge

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Cyperaceae

Form Description: Small, densely tufted sedge with bristly stems.

Height (m): 0.015 – 0.1

Flowers: In spikelets on the end of flowering stems.

Fruit: Nut – oval, 0.75mm long; contained in dense, bristly seed heads. Nuts are dark brown to black when mature.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHobartHuon ValleyKing IslandKingboroughLauncestonNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

In wet depressions between dunes and on rocks on the coast, and on riverbanks.

Propagation Calendar

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

Seed Information

Seed Treatment Method

Bog Method The seeds of many wetland species need to be kept wet to germinate. Punch a hole in the side of a recycled polyfoam box so that it holds water to the required depth. Sit the tubes in the box to germinate. Once germinated, punch holes in the bottom of the box to allow drainage.

Seed Storage Life

At least 2 years

Seed Treatment Notes

Smoke treatment may be successful with older seed. Surface sow seed. Some Isolepis species have been used in direct seeding.

Germination Time

4-5 weeks