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Lepidosperma carphoides Benth.
Black Rapier Sedge

Reference
Fl.Austral. 7:400 (1878)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Rhizomatous, tufted perennial, grass-like or herb (sedge), 0.2-0.6 m high. Fl. brown, Mar. White, grey, gravelly or lateritic sand. Sandplains, creeks.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 1993
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Esperance, Gosnells, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona.