''Lepidosperma urophorum'', the rapier saw sedge is a forest dwelling plant found in south eastern

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. Often found on sandy soils near streams. It may grow to 1.5 metres high. The specific epithet ''urophorum'' is derived from the Greek meaning "tail-bearing". Which refers to the slender

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

. It is distinguished from ''

Lepidosperma flexuosum ''Lepidosperma filiforme'', also known as the common rapier-sedge, is a sedge that occurs in coastal regions of south-eastern Australia and New Zealand. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1 metre high. The culm (botany), culms are smooth, rigid, te ...

'' by the flower

panicle A panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a panicle are of ...

branchlets being straight, rather than crooked.Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 293

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urophorum Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Poales of Australia Plants described in 1954 {{Australia-plant-stub