Borya laciniata Churchill

Summer-deciduous herb, forming prostrate mats to 3 cm high. Leaves flexible, 6-20 mm long, 0.3-0.7 mm wide; apex acuminate or needle-like, pale or dark brown; margin smooth or minutely scabrous; leaf-base margins widening gradually into sheath, with faintly coloured, fringed lobes. Scapes 1-2.5 cm long, jointed near base, deciduous; head 4-6 mm long, 2.5-5.5 mm wide, with 3-6 flowers. Involucral bracts 1 or 2, the longest 3-7 mm, smooth or minutely scabrous towards apex, light brown; wings entire, rarely notched. Floral bracts not imbricate, hooded, light brown. Perianth lobes ovate. Anthers glandular. Testa with crowded favularia.

Grows in acid soils (pH 6) that are subject to flooding and tending to be brackish.