Carex basutorum (Turrill) Luceño & Martín-bravo

Perennial herb, tufted, 0.30-0.51 m high. Leaf blades 1.0-1.5 mm wide, V-shaped. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 0.5-1.0 mm in diam. Inflorescence an interrupted panicle, apical co-florescence 25-45 x 7-15 mm. Subtending bracts: lowest with sheath absent. Spikelet bracts (glumes): female shorter than perigynium, ovate, 5.7-6.3 x 0.8-1.0 mm. Perigynium narrowly elliptic, 6.5-7.0 x 0.8-1.0 mm (including 1.6-1.8 mm long rostrum), 3-angled, nervose, green, with rostrum margins golden-brown. Flowering time Dec. Nutlet narrowly elliptic, 4.5 x 0.7 mm.