Schoenoplectus pulchellus (Kunth) J.Raynal

Annual (or short-lived perennial?) herb, tufted, up to 0.3 m high. Leaf blades absent or uppermost up to 8 mm long. Culm scapose, ± terete, ± 1 mm in diam. Inflorescence pseudolateral, anthelate, of 4 or 5 unequally stalked clusters of spikelets (longest stalk ± 10 mm. Subtending bract erect, appearing as a continuation of culm, 40-130 mm long. Spikelets ovate to elliptic-ovate, 3.5-4.5 x 1.5-2.0 mm, many-flowered. Glumes boat-shaped, 1.4-1.7 x 0.9-1.5 mm, keel non-excurrent to excurrent into minute point. Style branches 3. Perianth absent (minute. Flowering time Jan. Nutlet ± obpyriform, incl. beak 0.7-1.0 mm x 0.5-0.6 mm, sharply 3-angled, shining blackish, surface ± smooth.