Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Juncus pauciflorus |
| Common Name: | dwarf rush, loose-flower rush |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Rush / Sedge, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting |
| Growing Conditions: | Partial Shade
Moist, Wet, Boggy |
| Size (HxW): | 1 m x 60 cm |
| Foliage: | Leaves reduced to a tight basal sheath to 15 cm long, dark brown to reddish-brown towards the base, |
| Flowers: | Reddish flowers, December-March. Loose flowerhead of widely spaced flowers on drooping branchlets; 6 stamens. Main bract continues above flowers for 40 cm. Capsules reddish- to golden-brown, longer than flower. |
| General Comments: | Tufted perennial rush spreading from underground stems to form arching clump. Lax shiny bright green stems to 2mm diam. with slightly raised ridges. Pith white, cobwebby, continuous. A delicate rush for damp gardens and beside water areas. Tolerates dryness once established. |
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