Aquatic Plants
Juncus flavidus
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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 |