Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Poales Small
Family
Juncaceae Juss.
Genus
Juncus L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Juncus conglomeratus L. (1753)
Synonymy:
  • = Juncus subuliflorus Drejer (1838)
Vernacular Name(s):
Leafless rush; soft rush
 Description

Erect clumps; rhizomes short. Stems 30–80 cm × 1.5–3 mm, soft and easily split, grey-green, dull, prominently ridged especially just below inflorescence, pith continuous, cobwebby. Basal sheaths brownish-red, not shining. Inflorescence a ± spherical head c. 1 cm long, base of subtending floral bract conspicuously red-tinged and expanded to a wide opening through which inflorescence emerges. Flowers very crowded. Tepals 2–2.5 mm long, ± equal, acuminate. Stamens 3. Capsule c. 2 mm long, ± = tepals, ovoid-oblong, flattened at top, reddish-brown.

[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Edgar, E. 1964: The leafless species of Juncus in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 2: 177–204.
Kirschner, J. 2002: Juncaceae 1: Rostkovia to Luzula. Orchard, A.E. (ed.) Species Plantarum: Flora of the World. Vol. 6. ABRS, Canberra.