Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Juncus microcephalus Kunth (1815)
Synonymy:
  • = Juncus floribundus Kunth
  • Juncus microcephalus var. floribundus (Kunth) E.Mey.
Vernacular Name(s):
South American rush
 Description

Loosely or densely tufted perennial, bronze or occasionally red-purple at base. Stems 15–90 cm high, without internal transverse septa below inflorescence. Leaves terete or ± compressed, transversely-septate with septa usually evident externally. Inflorescence 6–24 cm long, very variable, open, much-branched, with 3–8-flowered clusters at ends of branches. Tepals 3–3.5 mm long, all ± equal, broad, acute. Stamens 6. Capsule 2.5–3.5 mm long, < to ± = tepals, broad, depressed at top, minutely mucronate, reddish-brown.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Bibliography
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.