Lipocarpha micrantha (Vahl) G.C.Tucker

Culms 2–20 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Leaves 1.5–10 cm × 0.3–0.5 mm. Inflorescences: spikes 1–2(–3), ovoid (to globose), 1–3(–5) × 1–2 mm, not bristly; bracts 1–2(–3), longest erect, others spreading, 2–5 cm × 0.3–0.6 mm. Spikelets: floral scales 2; 1st scale laterally yellowish to reddish brown, with green midvein, obtrullate to obovate, widest at or distal to mid length, 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.4 mm; 2d scale 2-fid, sometimes absent, 0.1–0.2 × 0.1 mm; 3d scale absent; stamen 1; anther 0.1–0.2 mm; stigmas 2. Achenes obovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.4–0.6(–0.7) × 0.2–0.3 mm, 1.5–2.5 times long as wide.