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Vascular plant groups
Club mosses
Ferns
Vegetative key to families
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Lepidosperma Labill.
Spikelets numerous in a terminal
panicle
Lepidosperma
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Culms flattened, biconvex or ribbon-like
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Culms more than 3 mm wide
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Culms solid with a dense pith
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Culm
margins
viscid
, scabrous, often
ciliate
, up to 60 cm high, 7–10 mm wide. Leaves as long as the culms, 3–6 mm wide.
Panicle
7–15 cm long, oblong to
ovate
, erect. Rhizomes long and loosely rooted. Widespread. Sandy soils
Lepidosperma viscidum
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Culms not
viscid
at the margins