Bolboschoenus robustus (Pursh) Soják APNI* Description: Rhizomatous perennial. Culms 30–100 cm high.
Inflorescence a compact cluster of spikelets; involucral bracts. Style 2- or 3-fid.
Nut plano-convex or trigonous, olive-brown to very dark yellow-brown, the surface not obviously reticulate.
Distribution and occurrence: Known only from a locality on the southern margin of Lake Illawarra, south of Wollongong. Appears to be the North American B. robustus. In mud and shallow brackish water of storm drain.
NSW subdivisions: *CC
Text by K. L. Wilson (Sept 2008, Nov 2024)
Taxon concept: KL Wilson
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