Hoary Rush - native (Juncus radula)

Family: Juncaceae (Rush family).

Occurrence: Uncommon. Mostly north of Castlemaine.

Identification:

• the upper culm, the flowers stalks and the petals and sepals are rough, like very fine sandpaper
• the culms are slender and erect
• the pith is continuous and cobwebby
• the culm has 12-30 strongly raised striations.

Remote-flowered Rush can be similar in appearance; however it has smooth stems and interrupted pith and is taller.

radula: rasp-like.

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