''Eleocharis caespitosissima'' is a sedge of the family

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

that is native to Australia. The annual herb to grass-like sedge typically grows to a height of and a width of about and has a tufted habit. It blooms between May and August. It is found submerged in and around rivers and swampy areas in the

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ...

region of

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

where it grows in sandy to clay soils.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15583458 Plants described in 1885 Flora of Western Australia caespitosissima Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker