Juncus usitatus

Common Rush

Family:            Juncaceae

Plant:              A densely tufted rush with stems 1-2mm diameter and up to 1m tall.

Flowers:         Insignificant pale golden brown in an open panicle to 2-6cm long subtended by a long floral bract.

Flowering:      September-January.

Leaves:          Reduced to sheaths at the base of the stems. Sheaths are shiny red-brown at the base and straw coloured at the top.

Fruit:               Golden-brown ovoid capsule about 1.5mm long.

Habitat:           Common in heathland and scrub in damp places.

Features:       A densely tufted rush.

Name:            

Juncus           From Latin juncus = bulrush

usitatus          From Latin = usual, common

Search Criteria

 

Type

Rush/Sedge           

Flowers

Form

Irregular, Cluster,

 

Colour(s)

Brown

 

Petal/Sepal No.

-

 

Flowering Month

1, 9, 10, 11, 12       

Fruit

Type       

Capsule

 

Colour

Brown

 

Other Features

-

Leaves

Arrangement

Absent/Reduced, Basal

 

Type       

-

 

Shape

-

 

Length    

Tiny

 

Margins  

-

 

Attachment

Stem-clasping

 

Other Features

-

Bark

-

Habitat

Heathland, Fresh Water Habitat