Scientific Name: Uncinia compacta
Common Name: compact hooksedge
Family Classification (Clade): Monocots
Family: Cyperaceae
Form Description: Loosely tufted perennial sedge with stiff leaves and erect, cream-ribbed stems which lengthen as the fruits mature.
Flowers: In a dense oblong spike.
Fruit: Nut – brown, 3mm long.
Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetHobartHuon ValleyKentishLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes
Mountains of the west coast, Central Highlands, Ben Lomond, south-west, Mt. Field and kunanyi/Mt. Wellington.
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
Propagation Calendar
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Propagation Method
Seed, Division
Seed Information
Seed Collection
Grown from seed.
Cutting & Division Information
Grown by division.