''Baumea preissii'' is a
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
in the sedge family
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...
, which is native to Western Australia.
The robust grass-like plant is rhizomatous and perennial; it typically grows to a height of , and colonises easily. It blooms between July and December, producing purple-brown flowers.
It is found in swamps and on the margins of lakes and creeks along coastal areas in the
Wheatbelt,
Peel
Peel or Peeling may refer to:
Places Australia
* Peel (Western Australia)
* Peel, New South Wales
* Peel River (New South Wales)
Canada
* Peel Parish, New Brunswick
* Peel, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Peel Parish
* Pee ...
,
South West
Southwest is a compass point.
Southwest, south-west, south west, southwestern or south-western or south western may also refer to:
* Southwest (direction), an intercardinal direction
Geography
*South West Queensland, Australia
*South West (Weste ...
,
Great Southern, and
Goldfields-Esperance, where it grows in water-logged silty-sand soils.
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References
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preissii
Plants described in 1846
Flora of Western Australia