Family: Juncaceae
Juncus australis
Citation:
Hook. f., Fl . Tasm. 2:66 (1858).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Austral rush.
Description:
Stems from a shortly creeping rootstock, 60-120 cm high, usually 2-4 mm diam., firm, pith interrupted with large air-spaces, cylindrical; stem striations 35-60; stomata deeply sunken; leaf-blades 0.
Panicle compound, lateral, the clusters of the flowers usually forming subglobose heads often c. 3 cm diam4 the erect primary bract much exceeding the panicle; flowers pale; segments 2.2-3 mm long, acute, the inner with stiff narrow wings, exceeding or equal to (rarely shorter than) the obtuse ovoid capsule which is pale above and darker below; stamens usually 3 or 4.
Distribution:
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Grows in wet or seasonally wet grassland often in the shade.
S.Aust.: SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Taxonomic notes:
See note to J. pauciflorus.
Author:
Not yet available
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