Aquatic Plants
Wetland Planting Zone |
Ephemeral Batter |
Approved Format |
>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock) |
Family |
Juncaceae |
Form |
Juncus amabilis, or Hollow Rush, is an upright, spreading or clumped perennial, visually distinguished by the mass of green, straw-like, cylindrical flowering stems (culms); occasionally annual herbs. |
Foliage |
Mostly blade-like, sheathing the base of the culms (cataphylls |
Flowers |
Clusters of small brown flowers along elongated stalks, surrounded by leaf-like bracts, Spring- Summer |
Fruit |
Three-sided grey-brown nut, 0.7 x 3mm |
Habitat |
Swamps and stream banks in areas of higher rainfall |
Distinctive Features |
Large stature, leaf-like bracts amongst flower and extremely sharp foliage |
Similar Species |
Cyperus gunnii, often growing alongside Cyperus lucidus, is of similar size but has narrower leaves and much longer leaf-like bracts associated with flower |
Comments |
The most widespread native Cyperus in Victoria particularly in the South, yet now considered rare on the volcanic plains |