Flowers on stem. Photo: Marilyn Gray,Yarra Ranges, Vic

Plants. Photo: Marilyn Gray,Yarra Ranges, Vic

Bases of stems. Photo: Marilyn Gray,Yarra Ranges, Vic

Pith. Photo: Marilyn Gray,Yarra Ranges, Vic

Common Name

None

Family

Juncaceae

Notes

Perennial rush to 1.2m tall. Leaves reduced to dark brown sheaths. Flowers with 6 'petals', pale brown when young, then yellow, solitary or in dense or open groups on the sides of the flowering stems.

Description in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 179

PlantNET description with line drawings and photo of dried plant:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Juncus~flavidus