''Caustis dioica'' is a sedge that is native to Western Australia.
The monoecious and rhizomatous perennial sedge has a tangled, tussocky habit. It typically grows to a height of and a width of and has pungent smelling leaves. The plant blooms between September and December producing yellow-brown flowers.
It is found in the
Mid West
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Wheatbelt,
South West
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Great Southern and
Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in sandy-loamy soils.
References
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Plants described in 1810
Flora of Western Australia
dioica
Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)