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=Gahnia radula=

Gahnia radula (Tussock Saw-sedge) is a perennial, tussock forming member of Cyperaceae native to south eastern Australia.

It grows as a tufted perennial. Culms more or less stout, 50–100 cm high, 2.5–5 mm diam. Leaves are flat, erect, scabrous, approximately as long as inflorescence. Ligule is narrow, papery; sheaths grey-brown, often pinkish above and dull.

Inflorescence long, narrow, erect to ascending, 50–70 cm long, with 5–9 nodes. Spikelets 2-flowered. Glumes 5–7, uppermost 2 or 3 much shorter and broader and with erose or fimbriate upper margin, dark grey-brown to blackish, glabrous or scaberulous, lower glumes with acuminate to retuse apex. Stamens 3; anthers 1.7–2 mm long excluding apical appendage 0.1–0.2 mm long.

Nut obovoid to ellipsoid, obscurely trigonous, 1.5–2.0 mm long, 1.0–1.3 mm diam., reticulate, shining, straw-coloured to dark brown with whitish outer layer.