Other common names
hair grass, needle rush, slender spike-rush, sbigfrwynen leiaf
Synonyms
Scirpus acicularis
Heleocharis acicularis
An evergreen, spreading, perennial sedge growing as a marginal water plant or submerged in up to 40cm of water. Very narrow, grass-like leaves grow up to 15cm tall when submerged and form a spreading carpet; tiny brown spikelets are borne on unbranched stems in summer
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Spread
1.5-2.5 metres