A tufted, perennial herb, eventually forming a tangled mass of fine stems. Grows usually to about 30cm high. Alternate leaves are narrow and wavy-edged. Small flowers are around 4mm wide and with a rounded ovary.

Tall, to 1 metre Sedge with tubular, rush like stems which replace the function of leaves of a typical sedge. True leaves are found on young plants and new regrowth following a fire. Flowerheads are produced in spring (September-October). Spikelets or male and female flowers are produced together in a dense head. When the female flowers are receptive, pale sticky stigmas decorate the dark bracts of the head.

A sedge with a rhizomatous (running) habit. Grows to about 40 cm high. Leaves are fine, greyish and gracefully curled at the ends. Generally quite sparse. Flowering stems are produced in September. Dark, narrow spikelets of male flowers are produced on the ends of the inflorescences while chubby female spikelets occur lower on the stems.

A small-leaved shrub to small tree. The young plants tend to have very tiny leaves and are often spiny. On older plants the leaves grow larger and they become virtually thornless. The foliage is generally sparse and the grey bark develops and attractive tesselated appearance. Dense, pyramidal inflorescences of tiny, white, lightly perfumed blossom appear in early summer.

Leaves emerge in winter. These are fleshy and hollow, like a spring-onion. The spike of six-petalled flowers emerge in spring, around October. The stems may rise to 50cm in robust plants but are generally shorter. The flowers open to about 3cm and smell faintly of roses.