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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Juncus effusus L.

*J. effusus L. Sp. Pl. 1, 1753, 326.

Soft Rush

Dense tufts; rhizome short. Stems 30-120 cm × 1.5-3 mm, soft and easily split or compressed, bright- or yellow-green, smooth, shining, pith continuous, cobwebby. Basal sheaths reddish-brown closely appressed to stem. Inflorescence many-flowered, base of subtending floral bract narrow, green. Tepals 2-2.5 mm long, ± equal, acuminate. Stamens3. Capsule 2-2.5mm long, < or occasionally = tepals, ovoid, flattened at top, very light brown.

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