Chorizandra enodis

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|genus = Chorizandra

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Chorizandra enodis, commonly known as black bristle rush{{FloraBase|name=Chorizandra enodis|id=763}} or black bristle sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia.

The monoecious and rhizomatous perennial sedge has a loosely clumped tufted habit. It typically grows to a height of {{convert|0.2|to|1|m|ft|1}} and a width of {{convert|1|m|ft|1}}. The plant blooms between July and November producing purple-brown-black flowers.

It forms a single terminal flowerhead that is spherical and dense with a diameter of {{convert|7|to|15|mm|in|2}}. It is sheathed in a {{convert|20|cm|in|0}} long bract which extends the stem. Floral bracts have white hairs on the tip and red hairs along the margin.{{cite web|url=http://fe.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/Residents/Trees_Vegetation/Yarra_Ranges_Plant_Directory/Yarra_Ranges_Local_Plant_Directory/Lower_Storey/Grasses_Rushes_and_Sedges/Chorizandra_enodis|title=Chorizandra enodis|accessdate=25 September 2017|publisher=Yarra Ranges Shire Council|year=2009}}

In Western Australia it is found in swampy and seepage areas along the coast of the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions where it grows in lateritic sandy-clay soils.