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Flowerhead of the Pikao, Pingao or Golden Sand Sedge (Ficinia spiralis [syn. Desmoschoenus spiralis]), a sedge endemic to New Zealand that helps bind sand dunes by trapping wind-blown sand with its long rhizomatous roots and foliage crown. This once common species plays a vital role in stabilising dunes and encouraging a diversity of plants but is now endangered. Order: Poales, Family: Cyperaceae
![Flowerhead of the Pikao, Pingao or Golden Sand Sedge (<i>Ficinia spiralis [syn. Desmoschoenus spiralis]), a sedge endemic to New Zealand that helps bind sand dunes by trapping wind-blown sand with its long rhizomatous roots and foliage crown. This once common species plays a vital role in stabilising dunes and encouraging a diversity of plants but is now endangered. Order: Poales, Family: Cyperaceae](./data/media/1/CFGem06.jpg "Flowerhead of the Pikao, Pingao or Golden Sand Sedge (<i>Ficinia spiralis [syn. Desmoschoenus spiralis]), a sedge endemic to New Zealand that helps bind sand dunes by trapping wind-blown sand with its long rhizomatous roots and foliage crown. This once common species plays a vital role in stabilising dunes and encouraging a diversity of plants but is now endangered. Order: Poales, Family: Cyperaceae")