Scientific Name: Uncinia riparia

Common Name: river hooksedge

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Cyperaceae

Form Description: Tufted, spreading perennial sedge with erect, triangular, rough-edged stems, and leaves up to 60cm long. Forms large clumps.

Height (m): 0.2 – 0.6

Flowers: In spikes, 2-8cm long.

Fruit: Nut – brown, 3.5mm long.

Municipality
BurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RainforestWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Fern gullies, wet sclerophyll and rain forests in the Central Highlands, Midlands, south-west, Mt. Field, kunanyi/Mt. Wellington and on the west coast in wet, shaded places.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • Seed Collecting Month
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  • Sowing Month
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  • Cutting Month
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Propagation Method
Seed, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Grown from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Grown by division.