Juncus flavidus L.A.S.Johnson
Slender open clumps; rhizome short. Stems 50-70-(80) cm × 1-2.5 mm, ± rigid, yellow-green, finely ridged, ± shining, pith interrupted by small ± regular cavities. Basal sheaths shining brown at base, straw-coloured above. Inflorescence 3-13 cm long, often with 1 or 2 long branches. Flowers numerous, usually ± secund on the branchlets and rather closely packed in a central fan-shaped cluster with smaller fans at tips of long branches. Tepals 2-2.5 mm long, ± equal, acute. Stamens 3. Capsule 2.5-3 mm long, ± = tepals, ovate-oblong, light brown, obtuse at top.
K., N. North Auckland - scattered localities between North Cape and Auckland City. Roadsides, or in rough, damp pasture. (Australia)
First record: Sykes 1977: 181 as "Juncus sp. (L. A. S. Johnson sp. "K")".
First collection: "Grassland, New Lynn near Auckland," H. Carse, 18.9.1921(K).
This sp. was illustrated in Edgar, N.Z.J. Bot 2, 1964, 190, fig. 14a as J. subsecundus and though the description there given covered the one known N.Z. specimen of J. subsecundus it was mainly based on specimens of J. flavidus.
