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Volume III (1980) - Flora of New Zealand Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocotyledons
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Juncus novae-zelandiae Hook.f.

J. novae-zelandiae Hook. f. Fl. N. Z. 1, 1853, 264.

Small plants forming mounds or patches 2.5-15 cm high; rhizome slender, far-extending. Leaves setaceous, transverse septa scarcely visible externally. Inflorescence usually a single cluster of 3-5 small flowers. Stamens 6. Capsule to 3mm long, > tepals, glossy black.

N. Southwards from Waikato and Bay of Plenty. S., St. In swampy ground from sea-level to 1500 m.

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