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Leaf sheaths open; seeds numerous Juncus
Leaves terete (sometimes compressed) or reduced to sheaths with the lamina as a small acute tip to the sheaths
Lamina well developed, terete or ± compressed
Leaves not jointed with internal septa, stiff and hard; plants robust; inflorescence apparently lateral
Perianth segments oblong-elliptic, obtuse or emarginate, c. half as long as the capsule. Capsule c. 2.5 mm diam. Inflorescence up to 7 cm long. Leaves up to 50 cm long, very pungent. Coast and Cumberland Plain. Damp places. Introd. from Europe Juncus acutusacutus