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Botanical Name:Juncus pallidus
Common Name:giant rush , great soft-rush , leafless rush , pale rush
Sold As:Tube ($2.00)
Plant
Type(s):
Rush / Sedge, Grass Like / Strappy, Bird Attracting, Insect Attracting
Growing
Conditions:
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Infertile, Moist, Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained
Size
(HxW):
2.3 m x 1 m
Foliage:Leaves reduced to a broad, loose pale green basal sheath to 40 cm, pale to dark brown towards the base
Flowers:Scattered or clustered pale green or brown-straw flowers on erect branched flowerhead; 6 stamens. Main bract continues above flowers for 35 cm. Capsules golden brown, as long or longer than flowers, December-March
General
Comments:

A robust rush for wet areas, pond and dam edges. Rhizomatous perennial. Dense tufted perennial rush spreading from underground stems. Erect bluish green to dull green stems to 8mm diam. with lightly raised ridges. Pith white, moderately dense, continuous.

Birds like the seeds and insects it attracts. Frog habitat.



Further
Information:
  1. Whitehorse Council
  2. Yarra Ranges Council (Victora, close to us)
  3. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (VICFLORA, technical, good photos)
  4. Wikipedia (free online encyclopedia)
  5. iNaturalist
  6. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew UK, technical)


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