Restio sieberi Kunth

Plants tufted, straggly, very variable, up to 0.6 m high; with rhizomes, stolons absent or present. Culms sparsely branched, finely warty. Leaf sheaths tightly wrapped around culms, yellow speckled, with 2 transparent pointed shoulders, persistent. Male and female inflorescences with several spikelets per culm; spathes absent. Male spikelets cylindrical, thin, pointed at apex and slightly curved, with several flowers. Female spikelets spindle-shaped with several flowers, large, 6-20 mm long. Bracts with awn < 1/2 length of bract body. Perianth: tepals hairy, outer lateral sepals keeled. Ovary bilocular; styles 2, stylopodium present. Flowering time most months. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, with ridged seeds.