Carex lancea Baill.

Perennial herb, tufted, robust, 0.7-1.2 m high. Leaf blades 6.0-8.5 mm wide, flat to V-shaped. Culm nodose, 3-angled, 1.4-2.6 mm in diam. Inflorescence a large interrupted panicle, apical co-florescence ± 120 x 20 mm. Subtending bracts: lowest with sheath ± 60 mm long. Spikelet bracts (glumes): female lanceolate, 6-8 x 0.7-1.1 mm, light brown to golden-brown. Perigynium stalked, narrowly oblong, 6-7 x 0.7-1.1 mm (including 0.9-1.5 mm long rostrum), nervose, green. Flowering time July. Nutlet narrowly oblong, ± 4 x 0.8 mm.