Perennial herb, up to 0.9 m high; tufted or rhizomatous, without stolons; culm 3-angled, not winged. Leaf blades well developed, flat, keeled, ± 3 mm wide. Flowers: inflorescence of several, stalked clusters of spikelets, radiating from stem apex with several, suberect, leaflike basal bracts; spikelets digitate, flattened, 2 mm wide, dull green to pale brown, suffused red; glumes and nutlets abscising individually leaving a persistent rachilla; glumes many per spikelet, golden-brown to reddish brown; Oct.-Mar.
Tufted or rhizomatous, erect perennial, up to 0.6 m tall. Leaf blades flat, keeled, ± 3 mm wide. Stem 3-angled. Inflorescence of several stalked clusters of spikelets, radiating from stem apex with several, suberect, leaf-like basal bracts. Spikelets flattened, 2 mm wide, golden-brown to reddish brown.
Perennial herb, up to 0.6 m high. Angles of stem not winged. Leaf blades well developed. Usually at least 2 inflorescence bracts equal to or longer than inflorescence branches. Glumes (l,5-)2.0(-2.5) mm long, brown.
Tufted perennial to 60 cm. Spikelets golden-to reddish brown.
A sedge. It is a herb.