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Ficinia nodosa (Rottb.) Goetgh., Muasya & D.A.Simpson
Knotted Club Rush

Reference
Novon 10:133 (2000)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, caespitose rhizomatous, perennial, herb (sedge), to 1 m high, to 0.8 m wide. Fl. brown/cream, Oct to Dec or Jan. Bare white calcareous sand, dark sandy clay, granite, limestone. Coastal dunes, flats, seasonally-wet swamplands, shores of salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Belmont, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Claremont, Cockburn, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Murray, Northampton, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Wanneroo, Waroona, York.