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Cyperus insularis
Height: 1.5m;  Spread: 1.5m
Sedge & Rush-like
This is a rare species that is specific to the Kermadec islands. The leaves are lush green, arching not as cutty as C. ustulatus, and the flower head is brown rather than black. A collectors plant not advised for mainland wetlands.
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