Botanical Name: Gahnia trifida

Common Name: Coast saw-sedge

Type: Sedge 0.6 – 1.5 x 0.6 – 1 m

Features:

  • Upright clumping sedge
  • Leaf margins very rough
  • Flowers in interrupted, clustered panicle; Oct-Dec
  • Butterfly food plant
  • Useful soil stabiliser
  • Flower stems can be used in dried flower arrangement
  • Good alternative to Pampas Grass
  • Tolerates alkaline soils
  • Tolerates dry periods

Requirements:

  • Full sun, semi-shade
  • Moist well-drained sandy soil
Gahnia trifida-Coast Saw-sedge
Gahnia trifida Coast Saw-sedge