Juncaceae

Flowers in cymes or in dense lateral clusters Juncaceae
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 reduced to an acute or mucronate tip on the sheaths
Pith of the culm continuous throughout
Tepals, culms and inflorescence branches finely scabrous. Culms, soft, 0.7–2 mm diam. Inflorescence diffuse, 4–12 cm long, flowers solitary or in loose clusters. Slender rhizomatous herb to 65 cm high. Lithgow, Mt Blaxland. Woodland and grassland. Seasonally damp places. May be introduced from western regions Juncus radula