Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Juncus hybridus Brot. (1804)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Juncus ambiguus Guss. (1827)
- = Juncus bufonius subsp. ambiguus (Guss.) Schinz & Thell.
Description
Annual, very small tufts, 1.5–2 cm high, roots fibrous. Stems simple, with c. 2 basal and 2 cauline leaves, reddish. Leaves filiform, > or = stems, auricles absent; sheaths much wider than laminae, membranous except for light red midvein. Inflorescence usually 1-flowered, rarely 2-flowered. Tepals 4 only, 3–5 mm long. Stamens 2. Capsule c. 3 mm long, slightly < outer tepals, = inner tepals, oblong, obtuse, red-brown.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3. as Juncus ambiguus Guss.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
Lastrucci, L.; Gambirasio, V.; Lazzaro, L.; Viciani, D. 2022: Revision of the Italian material of Juncus sect. Tenageia in the Herbarium Centrale Italicum: confirmations and novelties for Italy. Mediterranean Botany 43: 1–14 (online). (Published online: 2022 https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.72370)
