Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 259 ( 1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Loose-flower rush.

Description:
Perennial; stems arising from a rhizome, slender, often arching, 25-100 cm high, 0.75-2 mm diam., bright-green, smooth, with a usually continuous pith; stem striations fine, 20-45; leaves reduced to long dark-brown basal sheaths.

Flowers often brownish, few, not clustered, in a very loose lateral panicle 3-8 cm long, with a long erect primary bract; perianth 2-3 mm long, segments narrow and acute, usually distinctly shorter than the capsule; stamens 6.

Capsule ovoid to oblong.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, MU, SL, KI, SE.   All States except Qld and the N.T.   New Zealand. Records from Asia refer to the quite different species J. setchuensis Buchen. Conservation status: native Flowering time: mainly in summer.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Black (1943) confused this and related species which he referred to J. pallidus, J. pauciflorus, J. polyanthemos (sic) and J. vaginatus. Dr L. Johnson's revision of the group (Section Genuini) has not been published but all the species definitely known to occur in S.Aust. are treated here. Other species in this group recognised here are J. amabills, J. aridicola, J. australis, J. continuus, J. effusus, J. flavidus, J. pallidus, J. procerus, J. radula, J. sarophorus, J. subsecundus and J. usitatus. J. polyanthemus is native in Qld and N.S.W.; a specimen of J. vaginatus from S.Aust. (no definite locality) at Kew may not actually be from this State. It occurs in Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. and possibly W.Aust.

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