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Gahnia ancistrophylla Benth.
Hooked-leaf Saw Sedge

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:415 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.15-0.8 m high. Fl. brown, Jul to Sep or Oct. Calcareous, lateritic, grey or white sand, granite, clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 November 1993

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mardabilla, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Broomehill-Tambellup, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, Yilgarn.