Aquatic Plants

Juncus flavidus

Yellow Rush

Wetland Planting Zone	Ephemeral Batter
Approved Format	>90cm3 plants (such as 93cc HIKO stock)
Family	Juncaceae
Form	Juncus flavidus, or Yellow Rush, is a tufted perennial rush spreading from underground stems
Foliage	Leaves reduced to loose basal sheaths to 30cm long, reddish-brown to dark brown towards the base
Flowers	Flowers scattered or clustered; 3-6 stamens. Main bract continues above flowers for 30cm. Capsules straw-coloured with golden-brown tip, shorter than or equal to flowers.
Fruit	Capsule shorter than to occasionally longer than outer tepals, ellipsoid, obtuse, not or scarcely apiculate, golden brown
Habitat	Swamps and stream banks in areas of higher rainfall
Distinctive Features	Erect dull yellow-green to blue-green stems to 5.5mm diameter with crowded barely raised ridges.
Similar Species	Distinguished from Baumea articulata by the flat, ribbon-like leaves.
Comments	The most widespread native Cyperus in Victoria particularly in the South, yet now considered rare on the volcanic plains