''Fimbristylis compacta'' 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 grass-like or herb sedge blooms between June and July and produces brown flowers. In

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it is found along creeks and in and around swamps in the

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region where it grows in sandy soils.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15585787 Plants described in 1915 Flora of Western Australia compacta Taxa named by William Bertram Turrill