Morelotia octandra

Morelotia octandra is a species of sedge native to the south-west of Western Australia.

Description
Morelotia octandra is a rhizomatous, tufted perennial, sedge which grows from 0.175 to 1.25 m high. Its brown to black flowers may be seen from May to November. It grows on white, grey or lateritic sand, loam, granite, graveland in swamps and on rocky hillsides.

Distribution
It is found in the South-West Province of Beard's classification of ecological regions, or using the more recent IBRA region definitions, in Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions.

Taxonomy
This species was first described by Nees von Esenbeck in 1841 as Elynanthus octandrus. In 1931, Georg Kükenthal reassigned it to the genus, Tetraria. In 2021 R.L.Barrett & J.J.Bruhl reassigned it to genus Morelotia.