Juncus microcephalus Kunth
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Juncus microcephalus Kunth (1815)
Juncus microcephalus Kunth
Nomenclature
Kunth
Kunth
1815
ICN
Juncus microcephalus Kunth
species
Juncus microcephalus
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Juncus microcephalus Kunth
Loosely or densely tufted perennial, bronze or occasionally red-purple at base. Stems 15-90 cm high, without internal transverse septa below inflorescence. Leaves terete or ± compressed, transversely-septate with septa usually evident externally. Inflorescence 6-24 cm long, very variable, open, much-branched, with 3-8-flowered clusters at ends of branches. Tepals 3-3.5 mm long, all ± equal, broad, acute. Stamens 6. Capsule 2.5-3.5 mm long, < to ± = tepals, broad, depressed at top, minutely mucronate, reddish-brown.
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1 January 2000
