Pin Rush - native (Juncus usitatus)

Family: Juncaceae (Rush family).

Uncommon.

Identification:

• the petals and sepals are small (less than 2mm long)
• the stems are 1-2mm in diameter, with crowded and moderately raised (25-40) striations
• the stems are not easily compressed
• the pith is interrupted, with about equal air spaces
• the seed cases are longer than the tepals
• the cataphylls (the straw-textured leaves at the base of the stems) are dark red-brown at the base.

usitatus: ordinary.

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