Thread Rush - native (Juncus filicaulis)

Family: Juncaceae (Rush family).

Occurrence: Uncommon.

Identification:

• the stems are slender and wiry with up to 20 striations
• the flowers are in one to three globular clusters
• the pith is continuous and cobwebby or with small air spaces
• the petals are strongly reddish tinged
• the cataphylls (the straw-textured basal leaves) are pale at the base.

filicaulis: thread-like stem.

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