Botanical name

Ficinia radiata

Family

Cyperaceae

Common Name

Stergras

Synonym (old name)

Sickmannia radiata
Ficinia radiata
Ficinia radiata
Ficinia radiata
Ficinia radiata
Ficinia radiata

Description

Low-growing, tufted, robust perennial. Spikelets are yellow in heads with broad yellow radiate bracts. Flowering after fire.

Common name Stergras is derived from the starry arrangement of the inflorescence.

Habitat

On flats and slopes after fire.

Flower Date

September to November.