Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Juncus amabilis |
| Common Name: | hollow rush |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Rush / Sedge, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Wet |
| Size (HxW): | 0.2-1.2 m x 0.2-0.5 m |
| Foliage: | Leaves reduced to a tight or loose sheath to 22 cm long, dark brown to reddish brown towards the base. |
| Flowers: | Green, red-tinged, November-February. Flowers in one or more close or scattered roundish clusters; 3 stamens. Main bract continues above flowers for 40 cm. Capsules reddish-brown, as long or longer than flower. |
| General Comments: | Densely tufted perennial rush spreading from underground stems. Erect stems dull greyish-green to 2.5mm diam. with fine, raised & crowded ridges, split easily. Pith white, very open with large air space Wet areas and pond and dam edges. Tolerates dryness in summer once established. Frog habitat. |
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