Cladium procerum

Cladium procerum, known commonly as the leafy twigrush,^[1] is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family. It is found mostly in swampland and on the margins of lakes. It grows up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) tall.^[2] It was described by Stanley Thatcher Blake in 1943.^[3]

Cladium procerum
in a swamp near Botany Bay, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Cyperaceae
Genus:	Cladium
Species:	C. procerum
Binomial name
Cladium procerum S.T.Blake
Synonyms
Cladium procerum S.T.Blake Machaerina procera (S.T.Blake) T.Koyama