Scientific Name: Uncinia tenella

Common Name: delicate hooksedge

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Cyperaceae

Form Description: Very slender, tufted perennial sedge with very slender stems and floppy, threadlike leaves.

Flowers: In 6-12 cm long narrow oblong spikes.

Fruit: Nut – triangular, 1.5-1.75mm long.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartHuon ValleyKentishKingboroughLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Gullies and forests, growing on the ground or with moss on the roots of trees and the trunks of Dicksonia.

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 Collection

Grown from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Grown by division.