Remote-flowered Rush - native (Juncus remotiflorus)

Family: Juncaceae (Rush family).

Occurrence: Common.

Identification:

• the flower clusters are very open, with the flowers widely spaced along the branches
• the culms have 40-75 usually crowded striations
• the culms are to 2.5mm wide, and erect
• the pith has large air spaces.

A common and distinctive species, often in wet wheel-ruts or other ephemeral wet areas.

remotiflorus: remote flowers.

Photo 1: Dried specimen 2: the flowers are spaced apart. Castlemaine.